Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 134 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 134 km N of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 6:11 AM GMT-3 (09:11 UTC), 127 km (79 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 108 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2017-01-25 09:11:06 UTC
Depth
126.9 km (78.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.249° S, 68.765° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0107 km N of Calama, Chile · 3534 days ago · 118 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.3138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3524 days ago · 131 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.8142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3523 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.1157 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3521 days ago · 182 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3514 days ago · 134 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3513 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.243 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3511 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.793 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3496 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3485 days ago · 115 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.1154 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3482 days ago · 195 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 5.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3480 days ago · 125 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3478 days ago · 102 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3552 days ago · 126 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.6112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3562 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.1140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3564 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vbg. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC.