M4.7 earthquake 57 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 57 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Jan 1, 2026, 7:49 PM GMT-3 (22:49 UTC), 132 km (82 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 72 km W 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-01 22:49:46 UTC
- Depth
- 131.5 km (81.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.691° S, 68.504° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.973 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 265 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.432 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 264 days ago · 130 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.360 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 263 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.372 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 261 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 4.343 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 259 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.544 km E of Calama, Chile · 252 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.299 km SE of Ollagüe, Chile · 251 days ago · 214 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.279 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 247 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 243 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.838 km N of Calama, Chile · 239 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 238 days ago · 130 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 235 days ago · 136 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.243 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 234 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 232 days ago · 126 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.830 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 226 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 226 days ago · 108 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 224 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 216 days ago · 119 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 213 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.053 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 278 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.634 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 278 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.351 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 279 days ago · 128 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.045 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 279 days ago · 149 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.818 km NNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 282 days ago · 129 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.247 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 284 days ago · 129 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.178 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 286 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.061 km NE of Calama, Chile · 289 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.278 km N of Calama, Chile · 290 days ago · 96 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.122 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 291 days ago · 142 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.475 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 292 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 15
- 4.342 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 296 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rlzy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.