M4.8 earthquake 174 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 174 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Dec 12, 1976, 10:16 PM GMT-3 (01:16 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 149 km NNE 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-12-13 01:16:38 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.911° S, 68.588° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.6172 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 18181 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.195 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 18179 days ago · 225 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18179 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.8149 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 18171 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.9175 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 18165 days ago · 136 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18161 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9102 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 18154 days ago · 152 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.9156 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 18190 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.6167 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 18195 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.2164 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 18195 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.4162 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18196 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7122 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18198 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6153 km N of Calama, Chile · 18198 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.3146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 18199 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.9158 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18199 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.1157 km E of Iquique, Chile · 18199 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18199 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.2163 km E of Iquique, Chile · 18199 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 6.5132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 18199 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000kr1. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.