M4.4 earthquake 121 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 121 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile on Mon, Dec 25, 2017, 9:05 PM GMT-3 (00:05 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-26 00:05:14 UTC
- Depth
- 87.3 km (54.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.989° S, 69.261° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 136
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4109 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3197 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2163 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile · 3186 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.2122 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 3148 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bw6q. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.