M4.1 earthquake 54 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 54 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 6:25 PM GMT-3 (21:25 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 72 km SW 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-15 21:25:20 UTC
- Depth
- 121.6 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.161° S, 68.772° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 194 days ago · 130 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 194 days ago · 120 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.077 km N of Ollagüe, Chile · 190 days ago · 186 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 190 days ago · 152 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.470 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 182 days ago · 126 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 179 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.028 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 170 days ago · 137 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.395 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 166 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 4.529 km N of Ollagüe, Chile · 166 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.394 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 156 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 4.142 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 153 days ago · 138 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.672 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 152 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.370 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 147 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.284 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 140 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 205 days ago · 130 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.884 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 209 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 9
- 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 119 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 223 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 224 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 225 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 227 days ago · 116 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sghx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:33 PM UTC.