Today: 6.4 magnitude earthquake near Angoram, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Recent Earthquakes Near South America

South America has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 5 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 21 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 176 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 1,230 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in South America:

2025-05-21 02:02:57 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 31 km depth
Vallenar, Atacama, Chile
2025-05-21 00:38:12 UTC 5.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Drake Passage
2025-05-20 21:57:34 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 226 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-05-20 18:44:38 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Drake Passage
2025-05-20 06:29:29 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 124 km depth
Calana, Tacna, Peru
2025-05-20 03:13:01 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 129 km depth
Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
2025-05-19 22:28:43 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 93 km depth
Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile
2025-05-19 22:27:47 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 212 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-05-19 11:17:08 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 116 km depth
Calana, Tacna, Peru
2025-05-19 09:45:30 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 264 km depth
Poopó, Oruro, Bolivia
2025-05-18 23:58:01 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 24 km depth
Ilo, Moquegua, Peru
2025-05-18 18:20:21 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 42 km depth
Santa Cruz, O'Higgins, Chile
2025-05-18 03:24:03 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 109 km depth
Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile
2025-05-18 02:40:31 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean
2025-05-18 00:10:30 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kusapín, Ngöbe-Buglé, Panama
2025-05-17 10:22:13 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 92 km depth
Puquio, Ayacucho, Peru
2025-05-17 06:11:39 UTC 4.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
28 de Noviembre, Santa Cruz, Argentina
2025-05-17 01:11:24 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
Drake Passage
2025-05-16 21:26:25 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 10 km depth
Drake Passage
2025-05-16 19:07:58 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 170 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-05-14 20:13:27 UTC 5.2 magnitude, 33 km depth
Sechura, Piura, Peru
2025-05-13 07:10:52 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 93 km depth
Santo Tomas, Cusco, Peru
2025-05-13 00:48:00 UTC 5.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
28 de Noviembre, Santa Cruz, Argentina
2025-05-12 23:08:02 UTC 4.0 magnitude, 67 km depth
La Ligua, Valparaíso, Chile
2025-05-12 21:30:52 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 220 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-05-12 17:33:20 UTC 4.1 magnitude, 21 km depth
San Antonio, Valparaíso, Chile
2025-05-12 14:57:50 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 136 km depth
Curahuara de Carangas, La Paz, Bolivia
2025-05-12 09:15:53 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 100 km depth
Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
2025-05-12 06:49:19 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 93 km depth
Güiria, Sucre, Venezuela
2025-05-12 00:41:44 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 86 km depth
Güiria, Sucre, Venezuela

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