M4.6 earthquake 70 km NNE of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 12:35 PM GMT-3

UTC

2026-02-17 15:35:33 UTC

Depth

108.0 km (67.1 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.881° S, 68.622° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.1 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

46°

Stations used

52

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast71 kmNNE
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast600 kmS

After

1. 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Feb 19, 9:37 AM GMT-3 · 223 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
2. 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Feb 26, 6:07 AM GMT-3 · 216 days ago · 110 km deep · 8 km away
3. 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Feb 26, 7:32 AM GMT-3 · 216 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
4. 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Feb 26, 3:45 PM GMT-3 · 216 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away
5. 5.143 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Mar 1, 5:03 PM GMT-3 · 213 days ago · 107 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Mar 9, 4:17 AM GMT-3 · 206 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
7. 4.154 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSun, Mar 15, 6:25 PM GMT-3 · 199 days ago · 122 km deep · 82 km away
8. 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Mar 20, 7:17 AM GMT-3 · 194 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
9. 4.276 km WNW of Ollagüe, ChileFri, Mar 20, 7:29 AM GMT-3 · 194 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
10. 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, ChileWed, Mar 25, 12:57 AM GMT-3 · 190 days ago · 152 km deep · 74 km away
11. 4.470 km NNE of Calama, ChileWed, Apr 1, 4:05 PM GMT-3 · 182 days ago · 126 km deep · 5 km away
12. 4.339 km NNE of Calama, ChileThu, Apr 2, 3:48 PM GMT-3 · 181 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
13. 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Apr 4, 12:48 PM GMT-3 · 179 days ago · 115 km deep · 6 km away
14. 4.028 km W of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Apr 13, 4:14 PM GMT-4 · 170 days ago · 137 km deep · 76 km away

Before

1. 4.830 km NNW of Calama, ChileMon, Feb 16, 6:24 PM GMT-3 · 226 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSun, Feb 15, 7:18 AM GMT-3 · 227 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
3. 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileSun, Feb 15, 2:32 AM GMT-3 · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 26 km away
4. 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, ChileTue, Feb 10, 8:05 PM GMT-3 · 232 days ago · 126 km deep · 28 km away
5. 4.243 km ESE of Calama, ChileSun, Feb 8, 8:17 PM GMT-3 · 234 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
6. 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, ChileSun, Feb 8, 4:25 AM GMT-3 · 235 days ago · 136 km deep · 64 km away
7. 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, ChileThu, Feb 5, 12:05 AM GMT-3 · 238 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
8. 4.838 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Feb 4, 5:01 AM GMT-3 · 239 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
9. 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, ChileSat, Jan 31, 1:40 AM GMT-3 · 243 days ago · 133 km deep · 74 km away
10. 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, ChileMon, Jan 26, 7:09 PM GMT-3 · 247 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
11. 4.544 km E of Calama, ChileWed, Jan 21, 10:44 PM GMT-3 · 252 days ago · 127 km deep · 59 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s9sc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC.