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M4.8 earthquake 72 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 72 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 3:51 AM GMT-4 (07:51 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-29 07:51:23 UTC
Depth
100.3 km (62.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.790° S, 68.771° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.3 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
50°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 520 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 517 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.478 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 514 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  4. 4.238 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 511 days ago · 144 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.182 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 510 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.396 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 508 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 4.281 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 502 days ago · 103 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.332 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 500 days ago · 130 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.1106 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 492 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.773 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 482 days ago · 114 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
  11. 4.180 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 471 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.248 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 470 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.367 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 469 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.354 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 467 days ago · 133 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 4.273 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 525 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.064 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 535 days ago · 131 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.256 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 535 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  4. 4.164 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 539 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 5.020 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 541 days ago · 121 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.079 km SSW of Colchane, Chile · 543 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 4.459 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 4.246 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 546 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.460 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 550 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pvrq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.