M5.3 earthquake 27 km ESE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 27 km ESE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Apr 14, 2017, 3:03 PM GMT-3 (18:03 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-14 18:03:23 UTC
- Depth
- 106.1 km (65.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.511° S, 68.659° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.068 · 21 stations |
| 5.3 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.2 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
3 people 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
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 219°, dip 28°, rake -28°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 334°, dip 77°, rake -115°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 165
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.333 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3456 days ago · 128 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.096 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.019 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3452 days ago · 116 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.273 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3452 days ago · 195 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.445 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3449 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.462 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3445 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.391 km N of Calama, Chile · 3440 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.276 km S of Calama, Chile · 3419 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.068 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3410 days ago · 172 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.933 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3410 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 5.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3406 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.340 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3404 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
- 4.688 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3402 days ago · 131 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.218 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 3401 days ago · 134 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 4.183 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3397 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008hmb (also filed as iscgem610528136). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.