M4.4 earthquake 53 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Fri, Sep 6, 2024, 2:30 AM GMT-4 (06:30 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 56 km SSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-06 06:30:58 UTC
- Depth
- 119.9 km (74.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.263° S, 68.765° 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, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.981 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 755 days ago · 112 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
- 4.155 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 754 days ago · 109 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.047 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 751 days ago · 125 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 747 days ago · 136 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 746 days ago · 140 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.140 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 745 days ago · 150 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.459 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 743 days ago · 97 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.223 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 740 days ago · 151 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.376 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 736 days ago · 126 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 729 days ago · 109 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 146 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 144 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.277 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 718 days ago · 115 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.464 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 710 days ago · 137 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.056 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.347 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 131 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.665 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 706 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.046 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 705 days ago · 150 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.048 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 704 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.144 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 701 days ago · 137 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.838 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 701 days ago · 152 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 700 days ago · 132 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 4.179 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 759 days ago · 110 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.476 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 767 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.219 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 778 days ago · 129 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 781 days ago · 125 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nq08. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.