Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake Antofagasta, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Antofagasta, Chile on Sat, Oct 14, 2017, 11:54 PM GMT-3 (02:54 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 45 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2017-10-15 02:54:57 UTC
Depth
112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
22.799° S, 68.968° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
204

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.042 km SW of Calama, Chile · 3267 days ago · 87 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.172 km S of Calama, Chile · 3265 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.032 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 3259 days ago · 98 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.845 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3250 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.142 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3249 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.558 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3239 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.0103 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3230 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.961 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3229 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 4.041 km S of Calama, Chile · 3217 days ago · 110 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.170 km S of Calama, Chile · 3215 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 5.542 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3283 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.821 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3284 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.433 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3285 days ago · 107 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.4121 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 3287 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ase8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.