M4.3 earthquake 28 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Nov 15, 2007, 11:13 PM GMT-3 (02:13 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 30 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-16 02:13:17 UTC
- Depth
- 98.7 km (61.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.357° S, 68.668° 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
- 92°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.123 km S of Calama, Chile · 6869 days ago · 97 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.023 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6869 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6857 days ago · 138 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.530 km E of Calama, Chile · 6849 days ago · 107 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.9109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6842 days ago · 136 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.395 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6841 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.730 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6839 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 3.726 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6839 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.084 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6836 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fsnx. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.