Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 24 km WSW of Camiña, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 24 km WSW of Camiña, Chile on Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 PM GMT-3 (21:00 UTC), 118 km (73 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
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-02-16 21:00:57 UTC
Depth
117.9 km (73.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
19.429° S, 69.624° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.321 km SSE of Cuya, Chile · 593 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.849 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 592 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.145 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 586 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.324 km NNE of Barrio Industrial, Chile · 579 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  5. 4.247 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 576 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.121 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 576 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.849 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 568 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
  8. 4.067 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 563 days ago · 120 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.079 km SSW of Colchane, Chile · 545 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.313 km WNW of Huara, Chile · 543 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 4.048 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 603 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.351 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 605 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.38 km SSW of Camiña, Chile · 607 days ago · 92 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.057 km N of Camiña, Chile · 609 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pe5e. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC.