M4.2 earthquake 79 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 7:09 PM GMT-3 (22:09 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 75 km SSW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-26 22:09:09 UTC
- Depth
- 115.8 km (71.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.131° S, 69.013° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 244 days ago · 133 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.085 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 243 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 239 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 236 days ago · 136 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 234 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 229 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 229 days ago · 116 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.239 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 228 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 227 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 226 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 225 days ago · 111 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 218 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 218 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 218 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.884 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 211 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 9
- 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 207 days ago · 130 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.154 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 201 days ago · 122 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 196 days ago · 130 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 196 days ago · 120 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 191 days ago · 152 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.152 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 250 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.068 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 256 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.372 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 262 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 4.360 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 264 days ago · 129 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.432 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 265 days ago · 130 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.973 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 266 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.379 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 270 days ago · 109 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.757 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 274 days ago · 132 km deep · 82 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s4la. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.