M4.3 earthquake 33 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 33 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Apr 15, 2017, 3:40 AM GMT-3 (06:40 UTC), 128 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 40 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-15 06:40:30 UTC
- Depth
- 128.3 km (79.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.269° S, 68.675° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.096 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.019 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3452 days ago · 116 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.445 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3449 days ago · 120 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.462 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3445 days ago · 124 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.391 km N of Calama, Chile · 3440 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.068 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3409 days ago · 172 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.933 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3409 days ago · 116 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 5.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3406 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.340 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3403 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
- 4.688 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3401 days ago · 131 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.218 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 3401 days ago · 134 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.183 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3397 days ago · 126 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 5.327 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3456 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 4.799 km N of Calama, Chile · 3459 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3480 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.225 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3483 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008hti. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.