M3.9 earthquake 65 km N of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 65 km N of Antofagasta, Chile on Thu, Dec 27, 2007, 12:05 AM GMT-3 (03:05 UTC), 39 km (24 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
- 3.9 (m), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-27 03:05:03 UTC
- Depth
- 38.5 km (23.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.063° S, 70.412° 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
- 161°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6844 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 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 · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6826 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6822 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6818 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.216 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6813 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6807 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.885 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6800 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6795 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6852 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6854 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6855 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6860 days ago · 59 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 52 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fvba. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC.