M4.2 earthquake 106 km S of Colchane, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 106 km S of Colchane, Chile on Sat, Aug 16, 2025, 4:08 AM GMT-4 (08:08 UTC), 136 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 42 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-16 08:08:30 UTC
- Depth
- 135.6 km (84.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.234° S, 68.644° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.222 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 397 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 388 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.864 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 381 days ago · 109 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 13
- 4.137 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 380 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.542 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 377 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 36
- 5.274 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 352 days ago · 97 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 15
Before
- 4.149 km NE of La Tirana, Chile · 422 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.577 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 431 days ago · 129 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Colchane, Chile · 437 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.154 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 438 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r1kf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC.