M4.3 earthquake 78 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 78 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile on Mon, Dec 17, 2007, 2:09 AM GMT-3 (05:09 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 61 km N 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-17 05:09:40 UTC
- Depth
- 52.0 km (32.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.977° S, 70.174° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6861 days ago · 59 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6856 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6855 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6854 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6848 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6845 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6841 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6832 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6828 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6824 days ago · 48 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6820 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.216 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6814 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6808 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 59 km deep · 12 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 45 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.468 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 6.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.975 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6868 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.059 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6869 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.138 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6873 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.680 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6876 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6878 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.036 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6879 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.682 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6881 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fum3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC.