M4.0 earthquake 79 km SSW of Colchane, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 79 km SSW of Colchane, Chile on Mon, Apr 7, 2025, 11:53 AM GMT-4 (15:53 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 33 km S 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-07 15:53:49 UTC
- Depth
- 113.5 km (70.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.953° S, 68.903° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.256 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 535 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km NNW of Huara, Chile · 523 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 4.872 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 521 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 4.182 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 510 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.345 km E of Huara, Chile · 497 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.733 km S of Camiña, Chile · 494 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 50
- 4.1106 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 492 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 5.357 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 555 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 32
- 4.561 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 560 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 4.849 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 565 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
- 4.142 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 569 days ago · 96 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q4j0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC.