M4.3 earthquake 34 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 34 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 7:57 PM GMT-3 (22:57 UTC), 140 km (87 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-16 22:57:12 UTC
- Depth
- 140.4 km (87.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.193° S, 68.584° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 27
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.140 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 745 days ago · 150 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.459 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 743 days ago · 97 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.223 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 740 days ago · 151 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.376 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 736 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 729 days ago · 109 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 146 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 144 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.651 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 725 days ago · 161 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.277 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 719 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.464 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 710 days ago · 137 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.056 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.347 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 708 days ago · 131 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.665 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 706 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.046 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 705 days ago · 150 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.048 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 704 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.144 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 701 days ago · 137 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.838 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 701 days ago · 152 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.271 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 700 days ago · 132 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.833 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 696 days ago · 109 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
- 4.475 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 692 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 688 days ago · 136 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.337 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 688 days ago · 136 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 4.159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 747 days ago · 136 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.047 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 751 days ago · 125 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.155 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 754 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.981 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 755 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 4.453 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 757 days ago · 120 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.179 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 759 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.476 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 767 days ago · 113 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000necd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.