M3.5 earthquake 71 km N of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 71 km N of Antofagasta, Chile on Tue, Dec 25, 2007, 9:43 AM GMT-3 (12:43 UTC), 37 km (23 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
- 3.5 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-25 12:43:19 UTC
- Depth
- 36.8 km (22.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.006° S, 70.331° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 173°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6847 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6844 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6840 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6831 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6827 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6823 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 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 · 87 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6807 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.885 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6800 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6795 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 49 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6854 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6855 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6860 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 52 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 45 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fv73. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC.