M4.6 earthquake 52 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 52 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 16, 2007, 3:16 PM GMT-4 (19:16 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 62 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-06-16 19:16:05 UTC
- Depth
- 114.9 km (71.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.324° S, 68.438° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 76
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9114 km NE of Calama, Chile · 7021 days ago · 130 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4113 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7021 days ago · 129 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.230 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 7011 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.040 km NE of Calama, Chile · 7007 days ago · 94 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 7003 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6995 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.362 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6994 days ago · 119 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.5115 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6984 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fe5u. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.