M4.0 earthquake 40 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 40 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Nov 26, 2016, 2:55 PM GMT-3 (17:55 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 77 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-26 17:55:42 UTC
- Depth
- 121.2 km (75.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.181° S, 68.670° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.25 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3586 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3584 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.141 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 3584 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.688 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3564 days ago · 197 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3562 days ago · 115 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.877 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3554 days ago · 172 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
- 4.632 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3545 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.742 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 113 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.222 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 122 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.128 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3599 days ago · 118 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.369 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3601 days ago · 156 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3605 days ago · 124 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.112 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3617 days ago · 154 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.955 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3619 days ago · 117 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.145 km E of Calama, Chile · 3621 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007cky. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC.