M4.2 earthquake 23 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 23 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile on Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 6:38 AM GMT-3 (09:38 UTC), 151 km (94 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-23 09:38:53 UTC
- Depth
- 151.0 km (93.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.078° S, 68.416° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.376 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 736 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 729 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 146 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 144 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.651 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 725 days ago · 161 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.277 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 719 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.464 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 710 days ago · 137 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.056 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.347 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 131 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.665 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 706 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.046 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 705 days ago · 150 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.144 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 701 days ago · 137 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.838 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 701 days ago · 152 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 700 days ago · 132 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.833 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 696 days ago · 109 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 4.475 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 692 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 688 days ago · 136 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.337 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 688 days ago · 136 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.348 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 684 days ago · 128 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.459 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 743 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.140 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 745 days ago · 150 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 746 days ago · 140 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.047 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 751 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.155 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 754 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.981 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 755 days ago · 112 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
- 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 757 days ago · 120 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.179 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 759 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.476 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 767 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nttu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:43 AM UTC.