Chile

Brief · 15 September 2026

Chile recorded multiple earthquakes over the past week, with the most significant an M3.9 event 90 km WNW of Cartagena at a depth of 10 km, with an estimated population exposure of over 1.07 million people. Several additional moderate earthquakes occurred across the north of the country, near Ollagüe, Calama, La Tirana, Camiña, and San Pedro de Atacama, as well as one offshore west of Puerto Chacabuco in the south.

Earthquake An M3.9 earthquake struck 90 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile at a depth of 10 km, with an estimated population exposure of 1,072,185. Elsewhere, an M4.7 earthquake near Ollagüe exposed an estimated 9,331 people, and an M4.9 earthquake 235 km west of Puerto Chacabuco exposed approximately 1,186 people, both at shallower depths than most other events this week.

• An M3.9 earthquake 90 km WNW of Cartagena, first tracked on 13 September 2026, remains an ongoing event.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.