M4.3 earthquake 63 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 8:49 AM GMT-3 (11:49 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 84 km NNW of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-27 11:49:48 UTC
- Depth
- 108.2 km (67.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.702° S, 68.588° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 28
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.737 km NE of Calama, Chile · 646 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 639 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 54
- 4.561 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 639 days ago · 128 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.163 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 639 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 633 days ago · 123 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.128 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 630 days ago · 143 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 630 days ago · 130 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.549 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 628 days ago · 183 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.065 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 622 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 621 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.737 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 621 days ago · 117 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 617 days ago · 134 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.278 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 613 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.460 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 610 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.227 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 606 days ago · 144 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.346 km NE of Calama, Chile · 605 days ago · 130 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.338 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 604 days ago · 139 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.165 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 603 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.136 km NE of Calama, Chile · 601 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.369 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 650 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 652 days ago · 118 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.225 km E of Calama, Chile · 654 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 659 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 3.942 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 662 days ago · 128 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.234 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 666 days ago · 126 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.326 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 667 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.043 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 675 days ago · 205 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pfw0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.