M4.6 earthquake 65 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 65 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 7:18 AM GMT-3 (10:18 UTC), 116 km (72 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-15 10:18:06 UTC
- Depth
- 115.6 km (71.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.188° S, 68.880° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 226 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 225 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 224 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 119 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 214 days ago · 107 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.884 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 209 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 9
- 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 206 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.154 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 200 days ago · 122 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 195 days ago · 130 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 195 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 190 days ago · 152 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.470 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 183 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 180 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.028 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 171 days ago · 137 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 232 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 235 days ago · 136 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 238 days ago · 130 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.085 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 242 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 243 days ago · 133 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 247 days ago · 116 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.152 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 248 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.068 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 255 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s9dj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.