LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
16 km WSW of La Tirana, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of La Tirana, Chile on 14 Oct 2026, 03:11 UTC. The hypocentre was 44.9 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. The figures have been revised 2 times since the first report. 5 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 44.9 km
- Latitude
- 20.36°S
- Time
- 03:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.9
shallow
70.27°W longitude
14 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.9
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 710 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 338 tonnes of TNT.
44.9 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
5 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.1.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
19 Oct 2026, 08:51 UTC · 124.8 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 08:21 UTC · 10 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 08:12 UTC · 10 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 07:55 UTC · 10 km deep