M4.2 earthquake 69 km E of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 69 km E of Arica, Chile on Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 6:24 AM GMT-3 (09:24 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 5 km WSW of Palca, Peru. 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
- 2025-11-15 09:24:20 UTC
- Depth
- 119.9 km (74.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.375° S, 69.644° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.338 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 315 days ago · 166 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.262 km E of Palca, Peru · 300 days ago · 147 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.95 km WSW of Palca, Peru · 299 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.358 km E of Arica, Chile · 291 days ago · 127 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.037 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 286 days ago · 159 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.149 km E of Arica, Chile · 272 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.538 km WNW of Camiña, Chile · 271 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.466 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 267 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rnfx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.