M4.5 earthquake 60 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 60 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jul 11, 2017, 11:40 AM GMT-4 (15:40 UTC), 144 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 22 km SE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-11 15:40:14 UTC
- Depth
- 143.7 km (89.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.327° S, 68.354° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.676 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3356 days ago · 114 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3355 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.212 km N of Calama, Chile · 3349 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.280 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3347 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.1116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3344 days ago · 144 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.722 km SE of Calama, Chile · 3337 days ago · 98 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3336 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3334 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.054 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3327 days ago · 171 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.338 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3316 days ago · 131 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3107 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3311 days ago · 186 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 4.090 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3370 days ago · 188 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.344 km E of Calama, Chile · 3373 days ago · 141 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.476 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3377 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.615 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3384 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 4.158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3386 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.439 km S of Calama, Chile · 3392 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.183 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3397 days ago · 126 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100098v6. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.