M4.9 earthquake 143 km N of Calama, Chile

Magnitude

4.9 (mwr), light

Local time

Sun, May 28, 2017, 2:47 PM GMT-4

UTC

2017-05-28 18:47:11 UTC

Depth

138.0 km (85.7 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

21.183° S, 68.682° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.9 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

30°

Stations used

137

• Calama, ChilePopulation 166,334. Forecast144 kmN
• La Paz, BoliviaPopulation 2,004,652. Forecast524 kmS

After

1. 5.166 km NNE of Calama, ChileSat, Jun 3, 6:21 PM GMT-4 · 3406 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
2. 4.688 km NNE of Calama, ChileThu, Jun 8, 9:05 AM GMT-4 · 3401 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
3. 4.3153 km SE of Iquique, ChileFri, Jun 9, 5:15 AM GMT-4 · 3400 days ago · 119 km deep · 34 km away
4. 4.1118 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, Jun 10, 8:12 AM GMT-4 · 3399 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
5. 4.1Chile-Bolivia border regionSun, Jun 11, 6:35 PM GMT-4 · 3398 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
6. 4.183 km NE of Calama, ChileTue, Jun 13, 2:24 AM GMT-4 · 3396 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
7. 4.1130 km SW of Uyuni, BoliviaTue, Jun 13, 8:39 PM GMT-4 · 3396 days ago · 162 km deep · 87 km away
8. 4.2137 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Jun 14, 4:57 AM GMT-4 · 3395 days ago · 137 km deep · 7 km away
9. 4.2144 km N of Calama, ChileThu, Jun 15, 7:48 PM GMT-4 · 3394 days ago · 123 km deep · 32 km away
10. 4.0137 km N of Calama, ChileSat, Jun 17, 11:44 PM GMT-4 · 3392 days ago · 121 km deep · 7 km away
11. 4.3145 km N of Calama, ChileWed, Jun 21, 3:31 PM GMT-4 · 3388 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
12. 4.158 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Jun 23, 5:01 PM GMT-4 · 3386 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
13. 4.0134 km N of Calama, ChileSat, Jun 24, 12:05 AM GMT-4 · 3386 days ago · 125 km deep · 15 km away
14. 4.4156 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Jun 25, 11:33 PM GMT-4 · 3384 days ago · 136 km deep · 23 km away
15. 5.476 km NNE of Calama, ChileSun, Jul 2, 11:52 AM GMT-4 · 3377 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
16. 4.4154 km SW of Uyuni, BoliviaMon, Jul 3, 10:40 AM GMT-4 · 3376 days ago · 169 km deep · 76 km away
17. 4.5122 km N of Calama, ChileThu, Jul 13, 11:38 AM GMT-4 · 3366 days ago · 127 km deep · 21 km away
18. 3.9121 km NNE of Calama, ChileFri, Jul 21, 1:53 PM GMT-4 · 3358 days ago · 146 km deep · 22 km away
19. 5.3142 km NE of Tocopilla, ChileSat, Jul 22, 2:29 AM GMT-4 · 3357 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
20. 4.676 km NE of Calama, ChileMon, Jul 24, 12:21 AM GMT-4 · 3356 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away

Before

1. 4.4125 km E of Iquique, ChileSun, May 21, 9:10 PM GMT-4 · 3419 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
2. 5.7164 km ESE of Iquique, ChileSun, May 14, 3:44 PM GMT-4 · 3426 days ago · 116 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
3. 4.0124 km WSW of Colchani, BoliviaMon, May 8, 6:15 PM GMT-3 · 3432 days ago · 199 km deep · 83 km away
4. 4.4122 km N of Calama, ChileSun, May 7, 9:14 PM GMT-3 · 3433 days ago · 134 km deep · 48 km away
5. 4.0143 km N of Calama, ChileFri, May 5, 9:41 PM GMT-3 · 3435 days ago · 119 km deep · 29 km away
6. 4.391 km N of Calama, ChileSun, Apr 30, 7:34 PM GMT-3 · 3440 days ago · 96 km deep · 52 km away
7. 4.2151 km N of Calama, ChileSun, Apr 30, 4:44 AM GMT-3 · 3440 days ago · 133 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008vx7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC.