M4.2 earthquake 85 km N of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 85 km N of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 12:36 AM GMT-3 (03:36 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 20 km NW of Ollagüe, 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
- 2025-03-11 03:36:31 UTC
- Depth
- 186.6 km (116.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.468° S, 68.099° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.433 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 567 days ago · 133 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.143 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 559 days ago · 145 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.168 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 557 days ago · 191 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.246 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.020 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 541 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.872 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 521 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000py2m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.