Overall Green Earthquake in Chile on 25 May 2026 21:52 UTC

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M 6.9 in Chile on 25 May 2026 21:52 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.9M
Depth:	101.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	-22.4015 , -68.6229
Event Date:	25 May 2026 21:52 UTC 25 May 2026 17:52 Local
Exposed Population:	160 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us6000t04s
Inserted at:	25 May 2026 22:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000t04s	Scaled population (raster)	1.53
	C1 shakemap	-1.16
	C2 shakemap	0.54
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.75
	Score no CC	10

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1707796		0	25 May 2026 21:52	6.7M, 119.7km	6.09	150 thousand (in 100km)		00:07	NEIC
1707803		0	25 May 2026 21:52	6.9M, 101.3km	6.26	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:28	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Chile ,of Antofagasta (population 423,780) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	160000 people
	25000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1707803	-68.642/-22.388	6.9	109	6.095	26 May 2026 14:02	16:09	(new episode)
2	1707803	-68.642/-22.388	6.9	109	6.269	26 May 2026 21:01	23:08	(upd of #1)
3	1707803	-68.611/-22.385	6.9	109	6.274	02 Jun 2026 02:01	7d 04:09	(upd of #2)
4	1707803	-68.678/-22.398	6.9	109	6.265	05 Jun 2026 02:01	10d 04:09	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Antofagasta	Chile	160000 people
Potosi	Bolivia	<1000 people
Antofagasta	Chile	9300 people
Potosi	Bolivia	<1000 people
Tarapaca	Chile	1700 people
Jujuy	Argentina	<1000 people
Salta	Argentina	no people
Antofagasta	Chile	<1000 people
Potosi	Bolivia	2000 people
Tarapaca	Chile	3000 people
Jujuy	Argentina	<1000 people
Salta	Argentina	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chíuchíu	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	7 km
Río Loa	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	17 km
Calama	Antofagasta	Chile	City	140000 people	32 km
Chuquicamata	Antofagasta	Chile	City	-	33 km
Caspana	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	41 km
Conchi	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Calina	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	50 km
Cerritos Bayos	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	60 km
San Pedro de Atacama	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	71 km
Sierra Gorda	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	89 km
Vergara	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	100 km
Coya Sur	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	103 km
Toco	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	107 km
María Elena	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	107 km
Toconce	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	50 km
Río Grande	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	55 km
Cabana	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Placilla de Caracoles	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	80 km
Planta Aconcahua	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	97 km
Oficina Perseverencia	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	107 km
Pedro de Valdivia	Antofagasta	Chile	City	-	110 km
Rica Aventura	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	110 km
Aventura	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	112 km
Oficina Anita	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	115 km
Lynch	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	120 km
Central	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	130 km
Ojeda	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	132 km
Algorta	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	133 km
Ollagüe	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	137 km
Llanos	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	199 km
Pairique Chico	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	198 km
Toro	Jujuy	Argentina	Village	-	205 km
San Cristóbal	Potosí	Bolivia	Village	-	206 km
Estancia Filaps	Potosí	Bolivia	Village	-	210 km
Llavica	Potosí	Bolivia	Village	-	220 km
Yungay	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	227 km
Antofagasta	Antofagasta	Chile	Major city	310000 people	228 km
Paradero Barazarte	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	247 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
El Loa	CJC	2318	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9400	31 km
San Pedro de Atacama		2418	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6300	75 km
Maria Elena		1311				0	113 km
El Salar		2300	Priv.	Unpaved	No	7200	142 km
Coposa		3788				0	183 km
Diego Aracena International	IQQ	48	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10900	262 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Antofagasta	CLANF	Chile	229 km

More information

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