M4.5 earthquake 46 km SW of Colchane, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Colchane, Chile on Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 9:37 PM GMT-4 (01:37 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 64 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-07-21 01:37:05 UTC
- Depth
- 122.8 km (76.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.576° S, 68.950° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.439 km N of Camiña, Chile · 438 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.217 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 428 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.149 km NE of La Tirana, Chile · 423 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.2106 km S of Colchane, Chile · 412 days ago · 136 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.241 km W of Colchane, Chile · 410 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.612 km SE of Camiña, Chile · 404 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 12
- 4.639 km N of Camiña, Chile · 398 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.438 km ENE of Camiña, Chile · 394 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.864 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 381 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 13
Before
- 4.154 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 438 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 4.269 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 445 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.054 km NE of Camiña, Chile · 449 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
- 4.256 km NE of Camiña, Chile · 453 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qe64. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.