M4.1 earthquake 28 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 28 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Nov 22, 2016, 2:53 PM GMT-3 (17:53 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 42 km NE 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-22 17:53:41 UTC
- Depth
- 117.5 km (73.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.227° S, 68.793° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.222 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.742 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 113 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.040 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3595 days ago · 121 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.362 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3590 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.25 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3586 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.0102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3584 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.141 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 3584 days ago · 107 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.6112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3562 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.632 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3545 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.369 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3601 days ago · 156 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3605 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.112 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3617 days ago · 154 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.955 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3619 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.145 km E of Calama, Chile · 3621 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.671 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3625 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007bh6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.