M4.1 earthquake 37 km E of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 37 km E of Camiña, Chile on Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 8:23 PM GMT-3 (23:23 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-20 23:23:55 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.372° S, 69.073° 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.
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
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 102°, dip 83°, rake -23°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 195°, dip 67°, rake -173°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.5 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.529 km S of Camiña, Chile · 374 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.327 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 372 days ago · 109 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 18
- 4.434 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 368 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 20
- 5.274 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 353 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 15
- 4.270 km E of Huara, Chile · 350 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.069 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 334 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.525 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 325 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.729 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 325 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.336 km E of Camiña, Chile · 324 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.832 km E of Camiña, Chile · 324 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km E of Camiña, Chile · 323 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.114 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 323 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 5.542 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 378 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 36
- 4.864 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 381 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
- 4.438 km ENE of Camiña, Chile · 394 days ago · 122 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.639 km N of Camiña, Chile · 398 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.612 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 404 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 12
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qxlv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.