M4.2 earthquake 75 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 75 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 6:27 PM GMT-3 (21:27 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 60 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-27 21:27:26 UTC
- Depth
- 115.5 km (71.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.067° S, 68.960° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.229 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 947 days ago · 146 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.966 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 944 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.570 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 944 days ago · 114 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 942 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.250 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 941 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.660 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 941 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 14
- 4.381 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 940 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.581 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 940 days ago · 119 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.448 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 939 days ago · 125 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.584 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 938 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 4.346 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 930 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 4.155 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 930 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 4.587 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 927 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.340 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 924 days ago · 144 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.147 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 918 days ago · 136 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.575 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 918 days ago · 116 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.258 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 915 days ago · 140 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.625 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 909 days ago · 145 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.598 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 906 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.275 km N of Calama, Chile · 906 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.259 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 906 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.431 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 905 days ago · 131 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.185 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 904 days ago · 116 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.350 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 903 days ago · 147 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.298 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 902 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.146 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 897 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.375 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 895 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mfi1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.