M3.9 earthquake 75 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 75 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile on Sat, Dec 22, 2007, 9:33 AM GMT-3 (12:33 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-22 12:33:37 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.650° S, 70.626° 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
- 172°
- 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6850 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6850 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6850 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6850 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6844 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6842 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6838 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.114 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6831 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6824 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6820 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6816 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.216 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6811 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.885 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6798 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6855 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6858 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6861 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.468 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 6.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6862 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.975 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6865 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
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