M4.3 earthquake 62 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 62 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 6:31 PM GMT-3 (21:31 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 90 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-30 21:31:03 UTC
- Depth
- 103.4 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.989° S, 69.127° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.25 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3586 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.890 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3549 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 26
- 4.7Antofagasta, Chile · 3549 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.632 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3545 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.942 km E of Calama, Chile · 3533 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.222 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.128 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3599 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.088 km S of Calama, Chile · 3600 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 4.112 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3617 days ago · 154 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.955 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3619 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007dvj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC.