M4.2 earthquake 81 km WNW of Puerto, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 81 km WNW of Puerto, Chile on Sat, May 3, 2025, 4:00 AM GMT-4 (08:00 UTC), 27 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 17 km WSW of La Tirana, 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
- 2025-05-03 08:00:29 UTC
- Depth
- 26.5 km (16.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.955° S, 70.878° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.945 km NNW of Huara, Chile · 515 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 3.55 km WSW of Puerto, Chile · 491 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
- 2.537 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile · 476 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.417 km WSW of La Tirana, Chile · 474 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 4.332 km S of Cuya, Chile · 464 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pwuy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.