Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 33 km NNW of Camiña, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 33 km NNW of Camiña, Chile on Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 5:52 PM GMT-3 (20:52 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 49 km SSE of Camiña, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-01-09 20:52:31 UTC
Depth
103.3 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.028° S, 69.523° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 251°, dip 23°, rake -11°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 351°, dip 86°, rake -113°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
105°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.422 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 633 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.185 km N of Camiña, Chile · 613 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.057 km N of Camiña, Chile · 609 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.38 km SSW of Camiña, Chile · 607 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.277 km SE of Palca, Peru · 606 days ago · 135 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.343 km SE of Calana, Peru · 605 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 4.048 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 603 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.657 km SE of Calana, Peru · 601 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.624 km WSW of Camiña, Chile · 595 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  10. 4.321 km SSE of Cuya, Chile · 592 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.849 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 591 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  12. 4.145 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 585 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 4.247 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 576 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.121 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 576 days ago · 107 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 4.541 km S of Camiña, Chile · 642 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.218 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 655 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.416 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 656 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pj17. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.