M4.2 earthquake 41 km W of Colchane, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 41 km W of Colchane, Chile on Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 5:41 PM GMT-4 (21:41 UTC), 116 km (72 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-17 21:41:13 UTC
- Depth
- 115.6 km (71.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.246° S, 69.034° 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, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.612 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 404 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 12
- 4.639 km N of Camiña, Chile · 398 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.438 km ENE of Camiña, Chile · 394 days ago · 122 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 4.864 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 381 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 13
- 4.137 km E of Camiña, Chile · 376 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.529 km S of Camiña, Chile · 374 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.327 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 371 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 18
- 4.434 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 368 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 20
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000r1rx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.