M4.9 earthquake 81 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 81 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile on Tue, Dec 25, 2007, 9:15 AM GMT-3 (12:15 UTC), 49 km (31 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-25 12:15:55 UTC
- Depth
- 49.4 km (30.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.984° S, 70.061° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6847 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6844 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6840 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6831 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6827 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6823 days ago · 48 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6819 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.216 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6813 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6807 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.484 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 6806 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.885 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6800 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6795 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6854 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 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 · 11 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6860 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 59 km deep · 11 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fv72. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC.