M4.2 earthquake 22 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 22 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 23, 2016, 1:56 PM GMT-3 (16:56 UTC), 122 km (76 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
- 4.2 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-23 16:56:24 UTC
- Depth
- 121.8 km (75.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.565° S, 68.733° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.742 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 113 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.040 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3595 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.362 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3591 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.25 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3586 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.141 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 3584 days ago · 107 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.632 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3545 days ago · 108 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 4.128 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3599 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.088 km S of Calama, Chile · 3600 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.369 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3602 days ago · 156 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3606 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.112 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3617 days ago · 154 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.955 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3619 days ago · 117 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.145 km E of Calama, Chile · 3621 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.671 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3626 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007bt5. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.