M4.1 earthquake 41 km NNW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 41 km NNW of Calama, Chile on Wed, Dec 7, 2016, 3:16 PM GMT-3 (18:16 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 42 km E 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
- 2016-12-07 18:16:31 UTC
- Depth
- 107.2 km (66.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.094° S, 69.016° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Stations used
- 0
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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3562 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3551 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.632 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3545 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 3535 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0107 km N of Calama, Chile · 3534 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.942 km E of Calama, Chile · 3533 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.0102 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3584 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.25 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3586 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.040 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3595 days ago · 121 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.742 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 113 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.222 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3598 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.128 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3599 days ago · 118 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.369 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3601 days ago · 156 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3606 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.0138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3607 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007yyg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:37 AM UTC.