M3.5 earthquake 123 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 123 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, May 2, 2007, 10:17 PM GMT-4 (02:17 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 52 km ENE of Calama, 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, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-03 02:17:46 UTC
- Depth
- 126.1 km (78.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.451° S, 68.396° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000fb4b. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 115°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7108 km NE of Calama, Chile · 7090 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.9105 km NE of Calama, Chile · 7082 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.5140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7078 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.652 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 7050 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.6143 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 7097 days ago · 141 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.5135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7097 days ago · 121 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7105 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7113 days ago · 132 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.9160 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 7114 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.396 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7119 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5124 km NE of Calama, Chile · 7124 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fb4b. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.