M4.6 earthquake 32 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 32 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jan 15, 2017, 5:48 AM GMT-3 (08:48 UTC), 108 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-15 08:48:25 UTC
- Depth
- 107.9 km (67.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.526° S, 68.616° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 25°
- Stations used
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.942 km E of Calama, Chile · 3534 days ago · 93 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.370 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3521 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3515 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3514 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.243 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3512 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.252 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3501 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.793 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3497 days ago · 108 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007tcy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.