M4.9 earthquake 42 km E of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 42 km E of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jan 27, 2017, 10:23 AM GMT-3 (13:23 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mww), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-27 13:23:30 UTC
- Depth
- 92.6 km (57.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.479° S, 68.510° 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.
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
- 4.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 358°, dip 49°, rake -84°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 170°, dip 41°, rake -95°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.1 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 207
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.370 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3520 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3514 days ago · 134 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3513 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.243 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3511 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.252 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3500 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.793 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3496 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.225 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3483 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.289 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3534 days ago · 172 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.632 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3545 days ago · 108 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.877 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3554 days ago · 172 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 4.6112 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3562 days ago · 115 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007vp8. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.