M5.0 earthquake 96 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 96 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile on Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 6:11 AM GMT-4 (10:11 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-26 10:11:01 UTC
- Depth
- 69.6 km (43.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.011° S, 69.535° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.075 · 17 stations |
| 4.96 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.1 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
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
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 187°, dip 36°, rake -77°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 351°, dip 55°, rake -99°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 126
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.193 km NE of Taltal, Chile · 3334 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4116 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3325 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3120 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3308 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0145 km NE of Taltal, Chile · 3297 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a188 (also filed as iscgem610865034). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.