M4.6 earthquake 39 km N of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 39 km N of Camiña, Chile on Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 5:48 PM GMT-4 (21:48 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 27 km SSE of Camiña, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-29 21:48:43 UTC
- Depth
- 112.1 km (69.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.953° S, 69.416° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.438 km ENE of Camiña, Chile · 394 days ago · 122 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.137 km E of Camiña, Chile · 376 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.529 km S of Camiña, Chile · 374 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.327 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 372 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 18
- 4.434 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 368 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 20
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qs9z. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.