M4.7 earthquake 42 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 42 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile on Sat, Dec 15, 2007, 9:06 PM GMT-3 (00:06 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 80 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-16 00:06:16 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.309° S, 70.575° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Antofagasta.
From the USGS event page for usp000fuhh. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 26
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6864 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6859 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6855 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6855 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6844 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6835 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6831 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6827 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6823 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6811 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6867 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6868 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6868 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6869 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.468 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6869 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6869 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.975 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6871 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.059 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6872 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.138 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6876 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.680 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6879 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6881 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.036 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6882 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.682 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6884 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.959 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6885 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6885 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.890 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6885 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.050 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6885 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.179 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6886 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fuhh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC.