M4.2 earthquake 111 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 111 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile on Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 3:37 PM GMT-4 (19:37 UTC), 220 km (137 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 116 km SE 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
- 2026-08-11 19:37:27 UTC
- Depth
- 219.9 km (136.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.612° S, 67.261° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 since this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.492 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 46 days ago · 243 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.356 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 27 days ago · 212 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5116 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 11 days ago · 193 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.192 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3 days ago · 178 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.390 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 55 days ago · 199 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.185 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 65 days ago · 192 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.5115 km ESE of Ollagüe, Chile · 76 days ago · 200 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4120 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 78 days ago · 170 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tk1j. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC.