M4.7 earthquake 151 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 151 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Nov 17, 2015, 2:37 AM GMT-3 (05:37 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 134 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-17 05:37:01 UTC
- Depth
- 130.8 km (81.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.154° S, 68.486° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.1 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1162 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3969 days ago · 129 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0109 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3953 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3946 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3942 days ago · 119 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.172 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3941 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3934 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3933 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.2108 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3933 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3929 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3929 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4119 km N of Calama, Chile · 3928 days ago · 117 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.360 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3926 days ago · 108 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.3160 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3922 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.1150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3975 days ago · 139 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.164 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3992 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6131 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3992 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 3998 days ago · 125 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003yw9. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:49 PM UTC.