M4.3 earthquake 69 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 69 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Mon, Dec 23, 2024, 6:22 AM GMT-3 (09:22 UTC), 113 km (70 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
- 2024-12-23 09:22:45 UTC
- Depth
- 113.1 km (70.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.171° S, 68.916° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 32
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
- 4.363 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 644 days ago · 108 km deep · 68 km away
- 6.184 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 638 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 54
- 4.586 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 638 days ago · 135 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.561 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 638 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.163 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 637 days ago · 111 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 632 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.128 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 629 days ago · 143 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 629 days ago · 130 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.065 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 621 days ago · 116 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.260 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 619 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.737 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 619 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 615 days ago · 134 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.278 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 612 days ago · 117 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.065 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 609 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.460 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 608 days ago · 119 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.227 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 605 days ago · 144 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.063 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 603 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.338 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 603 days ago · 139 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.165 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 602 days ago · 129 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 651 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.284 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 652 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.097 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 658 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.492 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 660 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.942 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 660 days ago · 128 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.234 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 664 days ago · 126 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.346 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 676 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 676 days ago · 122 km deep · 30 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000p0v8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.