M5.0 earthquake 107 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 107 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile on Wed, Nov 7, 2007, 12:06 PM GMT-3 (15:06 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 126 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-07 15:06:16 UTC
- Depth
- 74.5 km (46.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 24.185° S, 69.514° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Taltal and (II) at Antofagasta, Mejillones and Sierra Gorda. Felt at Tocopilla.
From the USGS event page for usp000fs4h. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 111
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 3.8162 km ENE of Taltal, Chile · 6911 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.2155 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6915 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.695 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6920 days ago · 118 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.7144 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6929 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fs4h (also filed as us2007jka5). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC.