M3.9 earthquake 45 km NNW of Huara, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 45 km NNW of Huara, Chile on Mon, May 5, 2025, 12:58 PM GMT-4 (16:58 UTC), 60 km (38 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
- 3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-05 16:58:47 UTC
- Depth
- 60.4 km (37.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.639° S, 69.993° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 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 3.4 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.345 km E of Huara, Chile · 498 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.733 km S of Camiña, Chile · 495 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 50
- 3.55 km WSW of Puerto, Chile · 491 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 4.417 km WSW of La Tirana, Chile · 474 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 4.332 km S of Cuya, Chile · 464 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.281 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 517 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.66 km NNW of Huara, Chile · 523 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 4.313 km NE of Cuya, Chile · 524 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.228 km W of Cuya, Chile · 531 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.313 km WNW of Huara, Chile · 541 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pxa4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.