M4.0 earthquake 115 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 115 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Sun, Jul 17, 2016, 7:08 AM GMT-4 (11:08 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 25 km WSW 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-17 11:08:28 UTC
- Depth
- 93.1 km (57.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.587° S, 69.056° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 22
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.325 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3711 days ago · 156 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.049 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 3711 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.2100 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3705 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.186 km SW of Calama, Chile · 3693 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.151 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3681 days ago · 109 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.395 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3674 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.265 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3672 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006fch. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC.