M4.7 earthquake 37 km SE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 37 km SE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jun 1, 2016, 3:53 AM GMT-4 (07:53 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-01 07:53:07 UTC
- Depth
- 98.8 km (61.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.667° S, 68.637° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 20°, dip 84°, rake -118°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 278°, dip 28°, rake -13°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.8 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.265 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3765 days ago · 173 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.455 km S of Calama, Chile · 3757 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.278 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3748 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.368 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3733 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.130 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3732 days ago · 126 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.041 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3722 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.379 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3722 days ago · 120 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.339 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3719 days ago · 108 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 4.333 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3719 days ago · 114 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005zjc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC.