M4.6 earthquake 57 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 57 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile on Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 3:45 PM GMT-3 (18:45 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 84 km SE of La Tirana, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-26 18:45:41 UTC
- Depth
- 118.9 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.062° S, 68.782° 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, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.884 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 209 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
- 4.425 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 206 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.154 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 199 days ago · 122 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.276 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 195 days ago · 130 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.276 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 195 days ago · 120 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.077 km N of Ollagüe, Chile · 190 days ago · 186 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.238 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 190 days ago · 152 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.470 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 182 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 179 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.028 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 170 days ago · 137 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.395 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 166 days ago · 98 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 4.529 km N of Ollagüe, Chile · 166 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.394 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 157 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.975 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 217 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.471 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 224 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.199 km S of La Tirana, Chile · 225 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.670 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 225 days ago · 108 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.239 km E of La Tirana, Chile · 226 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.665 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 116 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.366 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 228 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile · 232 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.229 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 235 days ago · 136 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 238 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.085 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 241 days ago · 95 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.258 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 243 days ago · 133 km deep · 20 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000s0js. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.