M3.6 earthquake 6 km NNW of Huara, Chile
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Huara, Chile on Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 7:09 AM GMT-4 (11:09 UTC), 49 km (30 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
- 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-04-27 11:09:28 UTC
- Depth
- 48.6 km (30.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.936° S, 69.792° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 12
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
- 4.129 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 520 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
- 3.945 km NNW of Huara, Chile · 515 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 4.345 km E of Huara, Chile · 497 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.733 km S of Camiña, Chile · 494 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 50
- 3.55 km WSW of Puerto, Chile · 491 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 2.537 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 476 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 4.417 km WSW of La Tirana, Chile · 473 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 3.748 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 473 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 4.332 km S of Cuya, Chile · 464 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 3.438 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 533 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.256 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 536 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 3.313 km WNW of Huara, Chile · 540 days ago · 51 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 4.079 km SSW of Colchane, Chile · 543 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pve3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.