Chile earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 62 km ENE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 62 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Aug 4, 2007, 1:56 PM GMT-4 (17:56 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (mwc), moderate
Local time
UTC
2007-08-04 17:56:59 UTC
Depth
118.8 km (73.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.268° S, 68.349° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 120°, dip 34°, rake -142°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 357°, dip 70°, rake -62°

How well it is located

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Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
236

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fhvy (also filed as gcmtc200708041756a, gcmt20070804175659, iscgem12796645). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:51 AM UTC.