M4.2 earthquake 58 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 58 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 1:40 AM GMT-3 (04:40 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 43 km NNE of Calama, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-31 04:40:24 UTC
- Depth
- 132.8 km (82.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.243° S, 68.815° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 15
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.085 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 241 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.838 km N of Calama, Chile · 239 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 238 days ago · 130 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 235 days ago · 136 km deep · 32 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 · 48 km away
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 116 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 225 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 224 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 223 days ago · 111 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 119 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 213 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.884 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 209 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 9
- 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 206 days ago · 130 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.154 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 199 days ago · 122 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 195 days ago · 130 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 195 days ago · 120 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 190 days ago · 152 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 247 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.152 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 248 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.068 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 255 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.343 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 258 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.372 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 261 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 4.360 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 263 days ago · 129 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.432 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 263 days ago · 130 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.973 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 265 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.379 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 269 days ago · 109 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.757 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 272 days ago · 132 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s5pp. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.