M4.2 earthquake 79 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 1:54 PM GMT-3 (16:54 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 58 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-01-26 16:54:21 UTC
- Depth
- 114.9 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.143° S, 69.016° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.474 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 982 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.241 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 973 days ago · 150 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.582 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 970 days ago · 120 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.456 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 962 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.275 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 950 days ago · 116 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.658 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 949 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 4.229 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 947 days ago · 146 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.966 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 945 days ago · 96 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.570 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 944 days ago · 114 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 942 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.250 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 941 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.660 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 941 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 14
- 4.381 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 941 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.581 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 940 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.448 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 939 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.584 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 938 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.346 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 930 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 4.155 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 930 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 4.587 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 927 days ago · 117 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.340 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 925 days ago · 144 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 5.067 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 983 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 4.543 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 986 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 9
- 4.478 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 991 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.125 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 995 days ago · 122 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.475 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 999 days ago · 136 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.330 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1000 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.364 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1004 days ago · 129 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.569 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 1005 days ago · 114 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.445 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1008 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.323 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 1011 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lu5z. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC.