M4.5 earthquake 81 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 81 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile on Fri, Nov 16, 2007, 4:07 PM GMT-3 (19:07 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 68 km N of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-16 19:07:26 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.798° S, 70.437° 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
- 94°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.542 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.433 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.568 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.968 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.962 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.260 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.558 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.559 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.768 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.882 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6886 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.668 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.7Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6886 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.169 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6885 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.8Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6885 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.762 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6885 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.289 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6885 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.393 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6884 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.177 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6884 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.086 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6884 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.385 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6884 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.997 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.5102 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.494 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.171 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.9101 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.964 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.494 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.992 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.093 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.788 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.295 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.455 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 6.181 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.175 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.055 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.888 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6882 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.072 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6882 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.792 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.090 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.457 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 68 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.568 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6881 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.942 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6881 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.349 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6880 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.179 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6878 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.050 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.890 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.912 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6876 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.959 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6876 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.682 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6875 days ago · 56 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.036 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6873 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6873 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.680 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6870 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.138 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6867 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.059 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.975 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
- 6.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.468 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 88.
Before
- 4.831 km ESE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.234 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.987 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.169 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.660 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.592 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.573 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.289 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.010 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.549 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.741 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6887 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.576 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6887 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.089 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 4.770 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.356 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.775 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 36 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.780 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.777 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.974 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6888 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.677 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6888 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
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