Chile earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 19 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 19 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Wed, May 8, 2024, 6:00 AM GMT-4 (10:00 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, May 8, 2024, 6:00 AM GMT-4
UTC: 2024-05-08 10:00:58 UTC
Depth: 106.6 km (66.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 21.377° S, 68.344° W
Region: Chile
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.071 · 19 stations
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS, automatic first solution	First automatic solution · Confirmed

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 151°, dip 35°, rake -123°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 10°, dip 61°, rake -69°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 38°
Stations used: 77

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mx68 (also filed as usauto6000mx68). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.