M4.2 earthquake 47 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 9:47 AM GMT-3 (12:47 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 72 km W 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-21 12:47:02 UTC
- Depth
- 129.2 km (80.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.085° S, 68.689° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.818 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 282 days ago · 129 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.045 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 279 days ago · 149 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.351 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 279 days ago · 128 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.188 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 278 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.053 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 277 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.757 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 272 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.379 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 269 days ago · 109 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.973 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 265 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.432 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 264 days ago · 130 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.360 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 263 days ago · 129 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.372 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 261 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 4.068 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 255 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.152 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 248 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 247 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 243 days ago · 133 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.085 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 241 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 238 days ago · 130 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 235 days ago · 136 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 232 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 116 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 225 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 225 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 224 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 286 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 290 days ago · 96 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.122 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 291 days ago · 142 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.475 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 292 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 15
- 4.482 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 298 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.239 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 304 days ago · 111 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 307 days ago · 145 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.553 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 308 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.273 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 309 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.727 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 311 days ago · 136 km deep · 20 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rwbs. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC.