M4.5 earthquake 138 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 138 km N of Calama, Chile on Sat, Dec 30, 2017, 1:18 PM GMT-3 (16:18 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2017-12-30 16:18:29 UTC
- Depth
- 119.3 km (74.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.215° S, 68.757° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3191 days ago · 141 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.5113 km N of Calama, Chile · 3182 days ago · 119 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3181 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3131 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3175 days ago · 211 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3171 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2120 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3163 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3163 days ago · 146 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0116 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3157 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.182 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3146 days ago · 124 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1125 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3141 days ago · 134 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000by7b. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.