M 6.9 in Chile on 25 May 2026 21:52 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 1542497
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:
140 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 25 May 2026 22:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
us6000t04s Scaled population (vector) 3.92  
  C1 rapid impact -1.16  
  C2 rapid impact 0.54  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.75  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Terremoto in Cile, la forte scossa di magnitudo 6.9 5/26/2026 7:13:00 AM.

(Adnkronos) – Terremoto di magnitudo 6,9 nel Cile settentrionale. Il Servizio geologico degli Stati Uniti (USGS) ha fornito questa informazione, specificando che non sono pervenute segnalazioni immediate di vittime o danni materiali. L’epic
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Terremoto in Cile, la forte scossa di magnitudo 6.9 5/26/2026 7:01:00 AM.

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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),