M4.6 earthquake 68 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 68 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, May 29, 2025, 4:39 AM GMT-4 (08:39 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 40 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-29 08:39:55 UTC
- Depth
- 124.0 km (77.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.804° S, 68.499° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 102
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.319 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 490 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.773 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 481 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 4.183 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 477 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Calama, Chile · 473 days ago · 113 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.180 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 471 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.248 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 470 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.354 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 466 days ago · 133 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.581 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 466 days ago · 122 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.141 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 453 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.228 km E of Calama, Chile · 452 days ago · 109 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.130 km WNW of Ollag?e, Chile · 447 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.243 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 443 days ago · 126 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 435 days ago · 106 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 4.453 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 434 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.145 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 494 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.530 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 496 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.332 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 500 days ago · 130 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.396 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 508 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.238 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 511 days ago · 144 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 514 days ago · 114 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.648 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 515 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 517 days ago · 124 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 520 days ago · 110 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.234 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 521 days ago · 108 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qglj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC.