M4.2 earthquake 72 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 72 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 1:04 AM GMT-4 (05:04 UTC), 104 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 81 km WNW of Ollagüe, 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
- 2024-07-30 05:04:17 UTC
- Depth
- 103.6 km (64.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.278° S, 68.947° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.833 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 787 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 4.559 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 782 days ago · 125 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.219 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 779 days ago · 129 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.476 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 768 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.242 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 763 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 4.179 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 760 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 758 days ago · 120 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.981 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 756 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
- 4.155 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 755 days ago · 109 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.047 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 752 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 748 days ago · 136 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 748 days ago · 140 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.140 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 746 days ago · 150 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.459 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 744 days ago · 97 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.223 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 741 days ago · 151 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.376 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 737 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.353 km NE of Calama, Chile · 802 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.154 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 802 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.253 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 807 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.915 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 811 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.250 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 811 days ago · 117 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.98 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 812 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 4.065 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 816 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.365 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 818 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.429 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 820 days ago · 131 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.148 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 820 days ago · 135 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.189 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 823 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.175 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 823 days ago · 99 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.255 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 824 days ago · 146 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.153 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 824 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ngtw. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.