M4.7 earthquake 57 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 57 km S of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jan 19, 2016, 8:39 AM GMT-3 (11:39 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 71 km S 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
- 2016-01-19 11:39:40 UTC
- Depth
- 96.5 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.970° S, 69.009° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.16 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3873 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.271 km S of Calama, Chile · 3869 days ago · 85 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 4.861 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3854 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.221 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3853 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004fk3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.