M4.2 earthquake 62 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 62 km W of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 3:48 AM GMT-4 (07:48 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 47 km WSW 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
- 2026-08-20 07:48:15 UTC
- Depth
- 125.0 km (77.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.270° S, 68.856° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- 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: 12 since this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.747 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 33 days ago · 122 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.519 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 31 days ago · 122 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.183 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 26 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.536 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 24 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.477 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile · 23 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.250 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 22 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 20 days ago · 111 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.385 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 19 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.259 km NE of María Elena, Chile · 11 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.776 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 7 days ago · 121 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.465 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 42 hr ago · 119 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 4.634 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 40 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.355 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 44 days ago · 116 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.267 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 51 days ago · 106 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.434 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 58 days ago · 140 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.182 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 69 days ago · 114 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000tm2i. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.