M 6.2 in Chile on 12 Feb 2026 13:34 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1524174
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 36.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.8012 , -71.4451
Event Date: 12 Feb 2026 13:34 UTC
12 Feb 2026 10:34 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 12 Feb 2026 13:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000s8gw Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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Chile - Earthquake (ECHO 13 Feb 2026)Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:52

  • A 6.2 M earthquake at a depth of 36.9 km struck Chile on 12 February at 13:34 UTC (10:34 local time). The epicentre was located 32 km southwest of Ovalle the in Coquimbo region. The event was followed by an aftershock in the same area, at a similar depth, 11.5 hours later.
  • For the main event, USGS PAGER estimates that 5 000 people were exposed to strong shaking and up to 168 000 people were exposed to moderate shaking.
  • Media reports dated?12 February report no casualties or significant damage, and no tsunami warning has been issued.
  • Tremors were felt across a broad swath of the Andes, from Chile’s Atacama and Ñuble regions to several Argentine provinces (including Mendoza, San?Juan, La?Ríoja, Córdoba and San?Luis). In the city of Mendoza, Argentina, public buildings such as the Government House were evacuated as a precaution. The shaking triggered rockfalls on the Cuesta de Los?Mantos along Route?D-605, Limarí province, Chile, temporarily halting traffic.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (90), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),