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M4.2 earthquake 32 km W of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 32 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 12:03 AM GMT-3 (03:03 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 20 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-03-11 03:03:22 UTC
Depth
130.6 km (81.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.221° S, 68.565° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.285 km N of Ollagüe, Chile · 570 days ago · 187 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.433 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 567 days ago · 133 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.339 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 567 days ago · 133 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.672 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 566 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.143 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 559 days ago · 145 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.460 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 550 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.857 km NE of Calama, Chile · 547 days ago · 113 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.246 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 124 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.459 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 5.020 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 541 days ago · 121 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  11. 4.164 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 539 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.257 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 539 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 4.064 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 535 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 4.669 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 527 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.273 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 525 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 522 days ago · 133 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.872 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 521 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  18. 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 520 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 517 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 516 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 514 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 4.238 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 511 days ago · 144 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 4.469 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 580 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000py2i. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.