M4.3 earthquake 55 km N of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 55 km N of Antofagasta, Chile on Tue, Dec 25, 2007, 2:47 PM GMT-3 (17:47 UTC), 27 km (17 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
- 2007-12-25 17:47:48 UTC
- Depth
- 26.7 km (16.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.156° S, 70.470° 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
- 112°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6845 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6841 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6832 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6828 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6824 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6820 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6808 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.885 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6801 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6796 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6854 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6855 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6856 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6861 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fv7k. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC.