M3.8 earthquake 15 km WNW of Huara, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Huara, Chile on Fri, Aug 29, 2025, 5:40 PM GMT-4 (21:40 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 42 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
- 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-29 21:40:35 UTC
- Depth
- 54.5 km (33.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.945° S, 69.908° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 14.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.229 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 384 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 4.864 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 382 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 13
- 5.542 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 378 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 36
- 4.529 km S of Camiña, Chile · 375 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.327 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 372 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 18
- 4.434 km SW of Camiña, Chile · 369 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 20
- 4.270 km E of Huara, Chile · 350 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qs8v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC.