M4.2 earthquake 70 km E of Huara, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 70 km E of Huara, Chile on Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 2:55 AM GMT-3 (05:55 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 32 km E 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
- 2025-10-17 05:55:50 UTC
- Depth
- 106.2 km (66.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.909° S, 69.101° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.088 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 350 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.474 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 349 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.525 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 325 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.729 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 325 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.336 km E of Camiña, Chile · 324 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.832 km E of Camiña, Chile · 324 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km E of Camiña, Chile · 323 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.114 km ESE of Camiña, Chile · 323 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.482 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 299 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.266 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 350 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.274 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 353 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 15
- 4.434 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 368 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 20
- 5.327 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 372 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 18
- 4.529 km S of Camiña, Chile · 374 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.137 km E of Camiña, Chile · 376 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.542 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 378 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 36
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rhqv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.