M4.5 earthquake 48 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 48 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Mon, Sep 15, 2025, 8:21 PM GMT-3 (23:21 UTC), 122 km (76 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-15 23:21:44 UTC
- Depth
- 121.7 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.635° S, 68.408° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.137 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 380 days ago · 131 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.739 km N of Calama, Chile · 373 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.341 km N of Calama, Chile · 373 days ago · 103 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 372 days ago · 136 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.455 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 370 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.646 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 369 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.251 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 367 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 366 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.385 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 364 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.268 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 363 days ago · 121 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.355 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 354 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 353 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.869 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 353 days ago · 116 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.267 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 348 days ago · 123 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.349 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 340 days ago · 121 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.051 km NE of Calama, Chile · 332 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.252 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 329 days ago · 171 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.070 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 327 days ago · 141 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 326 days ago · 129 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.152 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 385 days ago · 134 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 389 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.260 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 392 days ago · 139 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.115 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 396 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.222 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 398 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.671 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 402 days ago · 121 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.358 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 405 days ago · 132 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.247 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 407 days ago · 149 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.239 km S of Ollagüe, Chile · 407 days ago · 131 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qwea. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC.