M4.3 earthquake 66 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 66 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 7:32 AM GMT-3 (10:32 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 43 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-26 10:32:43 UTC
- Depth
- 109.8 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.713° S, 68.630° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 25
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 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.657 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 219 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 216 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 209 days ago · 130 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.154 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 202 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 198 days ago · 130 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 198 days ago · 120 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 193 days ago · 152 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.470 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 185 days ago · 126 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.339 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 184 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 182 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.028 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 173 days ago · 137 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.529 km N of Ollagüe, Chile · 169 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 220 days ago · 110 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 227 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 228 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.830 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 229 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 231 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 231 days ago · 123 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 235 days ago · 126 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.243 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 237 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 238 days ago · 136 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 241 days ago · 130 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.838 km N of Calama, Chile · 242 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 246 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s0fa. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC.