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M4.2 earthquake 71 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 71 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, Nov 2, 2024, 1:11 PM GMT-3 (16:11 UTC), 132 km (82 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 59 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-11-02 16:11:14 UTC
Depth
132.2 km (82.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.397° S, 68.915° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

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From the USGS event page for us7000npk0. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.833 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 697 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.475 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 693 days ago · 111 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 4.334 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 689 days ago · 136 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.337 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 689 days ago · 136 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 4.348 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 685 days ago · 128 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.193 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 684 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.348 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 677 days ago · 122 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.346 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 677 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 4.234 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 666 days ago · 126 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.942 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 662 days ago · 128 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.959 km NE of Calama, Chile · 659 days ago · 95 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  12. 4.097 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 659 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 652 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 4.369 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 650 days ago · 113 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.363 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 646 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 4.737 km NE of Calama, Chile · 646 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 4.144 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 702 days ago · 137 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.048 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 705 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.046 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 706 days ago · 150 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.665 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 706 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.347 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 709 days ago · 131 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 5.056 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 709 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.464 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 711 days ago · 137 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.277 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 719 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 728 days ago · 144 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.251 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 729 days ago · 146 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.359 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 730 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000npk0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.