M4.2 earthquake 22 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 22 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 12:11 AM GMT-4 (04:11 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 69 km NNE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-30 04:11:25 UTC
- Depth
- 118.0 km (73.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.099° S, 68.420° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 392 days ago · 139 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 389 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.152 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 385 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.548 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 381 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.137 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 380 days ago · 131 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 372 days ago · 136 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.455 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 369 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.646 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 368 days ago · 118 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 366 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.385 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 364 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.268 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 362 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 353 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.869 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 352 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.266 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 350 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.088 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 349 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.474 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 348 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 347 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.349 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 339 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.671 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 402 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 405 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.247 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 406 days ago · 149 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.239 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 406 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2106 km S of Colchane, Chile · 411 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 416 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.221 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 421 days ago · 136 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.184 km ENE of Ollagüe, Chile · 425 days ago · 177 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.565 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 426 days ago · 108 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.274 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 426 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qsgp. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.