M4.2 earthquake 50 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 50 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile on Sun, Sep 6, 2026, 12:07 PM GMT-3 (15:07 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 62 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
- 2026-09-06 15:07:49 UTC
- Depth
- 121.6 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.612° S, 68.518° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 since this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.762 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 14 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.226 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 13 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.259 km NE of María Elena, Chile · 5 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.776 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 23 hr ago · 121 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.358 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1 hr ago · 111 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.833 km NE of Calama, Chile · 16 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.355 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 17 days ago · 217 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.536 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 18 days ago · 131 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.519 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 25 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.747 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 27 days ago · 122 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.629 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 31 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.262 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · 33 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.634 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 34 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.355 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile · 38 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.267 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile · 45 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000teqp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.