M4.2 earthquake 38 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, May 8, 2025, 11:22 PM GMT-4

UTC

2025-05-09 03:22:50 UTC

Depth

144.1 km (89.6 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.473° S, 68.515° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.7 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

52°

Stations used

20

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast117 kmNNE
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast554 kmS

After

1. 4.182 km ESE of La Tirana, ChileSat, May 10, 1:07 AM GMT-4 · 510 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
2. 4.396 km WSW of Ollagüe, ChileMon, May 12, 5:15 AM GMT-4 · 508 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
3. 4.281 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, May 17, 11:24 PM GMT-4 · 502 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
4. 4.332 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileMon, May 19, 11:13 PM GMT-4 · 500 days ago · 130 km deep · 40 km away
5. 4.530 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, May 23, 9:50 AM GMT-4 · 497 days ago · 121 km deep · 87 km away
6. 4.145 km ENE of Calama, ChileMon, May 26, 9:06 AM GMT-4 · 494 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
7. 4.668 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, May 29, 4:39 AM GMT-4 · 491 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
8. 4.773 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Jun 7, 10:01 AM GMT-4 · 482 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
9. 4.183 km NNW of Calama, ChileWed, Jun 11, 7:53 PM GMT-4 · 477 days ago · 94 km deep · 65 km away
10. 4.337 km NE of Calama, ChileSun, Jun 15, 9:30 AM GMT-4 · 474 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
11. 4.180 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileWed, Jun 18, 1:02 AM GMT-4 · 471 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
12. 4.248 km W of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Jun 19, 12:33 AM GMT-4 · 470 days ago · 117 km deep · 34 km away
13. 4.354 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileSun, Jun 22, 2:01 PM GMT-4 · 466 days ago · 133 km deep · 20 km away
14. 4.581 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileSun, Jun 22, 4:46 PM GMT-4 · 466 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
15. 4.141 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Jul 5, 12:19 PM GMT-4 · 453 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away

Before

1. 4.267 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, May 6, 2:51 AM GMT-4 · 514 days ago · 114 km deep · 51 km away
2. 4.648 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, May 4, 10:59 AM GMT-4 · 515 days ago · 113 km deep · 69 km away
3. 4.062 km WSW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, May 3, 7:31 AM GMT-4 · 517 days ago · 124 km deep · 29 km away
4. 4.347 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileWed, Apr 30, 2:07 AM GMT-4 · 520 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
5. 4.234 km NNE of Calama, ChileTue, Apr 29, 7:30 AM GMT-4 · 521 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
6. 4.872 km NW of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Apr 29, 3:51 AM GMT-4 · 521 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
7. 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Apr 28, 7:13 AM GMT-4 · 522 days ago · 133 km deep · 25 km away
8. 4.273 km WSW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Apr 25, 12:35 PM GMT-4 · 524 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
9. 4.669 km NNE of Calama, ChileWed, Apr 23, 5:06 AM GMT-4 · 527 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.064 km W of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Apr 15, 2:47 AM GMT-4 · 535 days ago · 131 km deep · 53 km away
11. 4.257 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Apr 11, 4:12 PM GMT-4 · 538 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
12. 4.164 km W of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Apr 11, 9:10 AM GMT-4 · 539 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000py5b. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:47 AM UTC.