Chile earthquakes

M5.7 earthquake 50 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 50 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile on Wed, Nov 14, 2007, 2:44 PM GMT-3 (17:44 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 82 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.7 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Nov 14, 2007, 2:44 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2007-11-14 17:44:04 UTC
Depth: 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 23.215° S, 70.526° W
Region: Chile
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.7	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 99 stations
6.06	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000fsjk. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 8.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.2 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 49°
Stations used: 218

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 117.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fsjk (also filed as atlas20071114174404, iscgem13266211). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.