M4.5 earthquake 36 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 36 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 2:48 AM GMT-4 (06:48 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 33 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-04 06:48:06 UTC
- Depth
- 130.7 km (81.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.377° S, 68.564° 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. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.4 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 since this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.355 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 17 days ago · 217 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.833 km NE of Calama, Chile · 16 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.250 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 16 days ago · 122 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.762 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 14 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.385 km SSE of La Tirana, Chile · 13 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.259 km NE of María Elena, Chile · 5 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.776 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 28 hr ago · 121 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7 hr ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.183 km SE of La Tirana, Chile · 21 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.519 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 25 days ago · 122 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.747 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 27 days ago · 122 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.629 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 31 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.262 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 33 days ago · 125 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.634 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 34 days ago · 124 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.355 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 38 days ago · 116 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.267 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 45 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.231 km NE of Calama, Chile · 46 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000te8p. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.