M4.2 earthquake 76 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 76 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:29 AM GMT-3 (10:29 UTC), 120 km (75 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-03-20 10:29:56 UTC
- Depth
- 120.0 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.067° S, 68.975° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 190 days ago · 152 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 179 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.028 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 170 days ago · 137 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.042 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile · 170 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.395 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 166 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 4.529 km N of Ollagüe, Chile · 166 days ago · 121 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.394 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 156 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 4.142 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 153 days ago · 138 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.672 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 152 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.370 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 147 days ago · 117 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.284 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 140 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.235 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 136 days ago · 136 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 194 days ago · 130 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.154 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 199 days ago · 122 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 206 days ago · 130 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.884 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 209 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 9
- 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 119 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 223 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 224 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000shsg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.