M4.3 earthquake 46 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 46 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile on Sun, Dec 23, 2007, 8:07 PM GMT-3 (23:07 UTC), 22 km (13 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
- 2007-12-23 23:07:28 UTC
- Depth
- 21.5 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.274° S, 70.591° 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
- 116°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6845 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6840 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6831 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6827 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6823 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6819 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6807 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.885 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6800 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6795 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6855 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6860 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.468 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
- 6.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fv40. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC.