M4.0 earthquake 30 km SSE of Camiña, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 30 km SSE of Camiña, Chile on Fri, Jan 2, 2026, 3:49 PM GMT-3 (18:49 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 79 km ENE 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-02 18:49:36 UTC
- Depth
- 105.0 km (65.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.564° S, 69.305° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.538 km WNW of Camiña, Chile · 270 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.466 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 267 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.050 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 262 days ago · 95 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.038 km N of Barrio Industrial, Chile · 259 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 37
- 5.779 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 235 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 25
- 4.239 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 227 days ago · 112 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.226 km SSE of Camiña, Chile · 214 days ago · 98 km deep · 6 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rm4m. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.