Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 96 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 96 km NE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 10:48 PM GMT-3 (01:48 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mwr), moderate
Local time: Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 10:48 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2017-04-18 01:48:43 UTC
Depth: 112.8 km (70.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 21.774° S, 68.346° 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: 5.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 335°, dip 57°, rake -90°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 154°, dip 33°, rake -91°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 31°
Stations used: 188

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ihl (also filed as iscgem610529598). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC.