M4.3 earthquake 78 km S of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 78 km S of Tocopilla, Chile on Mon, Dec 17, 2007, 1:07 PM GMT-3 (16:07 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 61 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-17 16:07:36 UTC
- Depth
- 58.6 km (36.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.796° S, 70.222° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6854 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6851 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6850 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6849 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6847 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6846 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6843 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6840 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6836 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.114 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6829 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6827 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6822 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6818 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6814 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.216 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6809 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6803 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.468 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 6.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.975 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.059 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.138 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6868 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.680 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6870 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6873 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fun7. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.