M4.3 earthquake 146 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 146 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Nov 30, 1976, 8:37 AM GMT-3 (11:37 UTC), 89 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 153 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-11-30 11:37:23 UTC
- Depth
- 89.0 km (55.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.225° S, 68.400° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 18193 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.7122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18193 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.4162 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18191 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.2164 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 18190 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.6167 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 18189 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.9156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 18185 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.8174 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 18181 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.6172 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 18176 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18174 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.8149 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 18165 days ago · 89 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.9175 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 18160 days ago · 136 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18155 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.9102 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 18149 days ago · 152 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1109 km NE of Calama, Chile · 18148 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.9158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18194 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.1157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 18194 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.5145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18194 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.2163 km E of Iquique, Chile · 18194 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 6.5132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18194 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000kjq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.