M5.3 earthquake 20 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 20 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Nov 14, 2007, 1:04 PM GMT-3 (16:04 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 86 km N of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-14 16:04:50 UTC
- Depth
- 43.8 km (27.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.227° S, 70.059° 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
- 95°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.382 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6889 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.642 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6889 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.848 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6889 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.775 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6889 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.164 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6889 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.044 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6889 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.124 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6888 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.541 km ESE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6888 days ago · 61 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.386 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 6.882 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
- 5.677 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6888 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.777 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.775 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.770 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.089 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 4.576 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.741 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.549 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.010 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.289 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.573 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.592 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.987 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.831 km ESE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.581 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.568 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.882 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6886 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.8Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6885 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.289 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6885 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.177 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6884 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.086 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6884 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.385 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6884 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.997 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.494 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.171 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.964 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.494 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.992 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.093 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.788 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.295 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 6.181 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.888 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6882 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.792 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.090 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.457 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.942 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6881 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.349 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6880 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.179 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6878 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.050 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.890 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.912 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6876 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.682 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6875 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.680 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6870 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 26
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
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