M3.7 earthquake 108 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 108 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, May 7, 2007, 2:44 PM GMT-4 (18:44 UTC), 112 km (69 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
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-07 18:44:20 UTC
- Depth
- 111.7 km (69.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.694° S, 68.266° 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 usp000fbfz. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 18
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9105 km NE of Calama, Chile · 7082 days ago · 120 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7078 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.652 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 7050 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7031 days ago · 124 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 3.5123 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7095 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6143 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 7097 days ago · 141 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.5135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7097 days ago · 121 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7105 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.5118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7113 days ago · 132 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.396 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7119 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fbfz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:43 PM UTC.