M4.0 earthquake 53 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 53 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 12:51 PM GMT-3 (15:51 UTC), 117 km (72 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-27 15:51:58 UTC
- Depth
- 116.6 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.247° S, 68.768° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.757 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 272 days ago · 132 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.379 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 269 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.973 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 265 days ago · 106 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.432 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 264 days ago · 130 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.360 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 263 days ago · 129 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.372 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 261 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 4.343 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 258 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.068 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 255 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.152 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 248 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 247 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 243 days ago · 133 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.085 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 241 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.838 km N of Calama, Chile · 239 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 238 days ago · 130 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 235 days ago · 136 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 232 days ago · 126 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 116 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 225 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 225 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 224 days ago · 111 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.188 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 278 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.351 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 279 days ago · 128 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.045 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 279 days ago · 149 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.818 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 282 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.247 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 284 days ago · 129 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 286 days ago · 113 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.061 km NE of Calama, Chile · 289 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 290 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.122 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 291 days ago · 142 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.475 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 292 days ago · 90 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 15
- 4.342 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 296 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.482 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 298 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.239 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 304 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.443 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 307 days ago · 145 km deep · 56 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rl31. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC.