M5.7 earthquake 33 km S of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 33 km S of Camiña, Chile on Sun, May 25, 2025, 11:50 PM GMT-4 (03:50 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-26 03:50:25 UTC
- Depth
- 105.0 km (65.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.617° S, 69.451° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 50
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.041 · 58 stations |
| 5.8 | Mi | NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center | First automatic solution · Reviewed · 9 stations |
| 5.7 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
| 5.7 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
| 5.6 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Confirmed |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 8.8% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 5.3 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
50 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.7 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 188°, dip 21°, rake -71°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 348°, dip 70°, rake -97°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 276
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.332 km S of Cuya, Chile · 464 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 4.256 km NE of Camiña, Chile · 454 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.054 km NE of Camiña, Chile · 449 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 9
- 4.269 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 446 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.154 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 439 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 4.546 km SW of Colchane, Chile · 438 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.439 km N of Camiña, Chile · 438 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.117 km NNW of Barrio Industrial, Chile · 438 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 2.919 km WSW of Huara, Chile · 434 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000q1h3 (also filed as usauto7000q1h3, pt25146000). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.