M4.2 earthquake 74 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 74 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 12:13 AM GMT-4 (04:13 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 66 km SSW 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
- 2025-08-01 04:13:56 UTC
- Depth
- 121.8 km (75.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.800° S, 68.628° 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, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 21
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.565 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 429 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.454 km NE of Calama, Chile · 428 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.659 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 426 days ago · 104 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.343 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 425 days ago · 142 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.221 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 424 days ago · 136 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 420 days ago · 115 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.239 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 410 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.247 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 410 days ago · 149 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 408 days ago · 132 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.671 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 405 days ago · 121 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.222 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 401 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.115 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 399 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 395 days ago · 139 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.152 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 388 days ago · 134 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 384 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.137 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 383 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.739 km N of Calama, Chile · 376 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.341 km N of Calama, Chile · 376 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 376 days ago · 136 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.455 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 373 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.646 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 372 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.251 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 370 days ago · 108 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.453 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 437 days ago · 113 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.240 km NE of Calama, Chile · 438 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 4.243 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 446 days ago · 126 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.130 km WNW of Ollag?e, Chile · 450 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.228 km E of Calama, Chile · 455 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.141 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 456 days ago · 115 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000qx78. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.