M4.8 earthquake 49 km SSE of Camiña, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 49 km SSE of Camiña, Chile on Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 3:22 AM GMT-3 (06:22 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 57 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.8	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.066 · 22 stations
4.8	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

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

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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pewh. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC.