Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 138 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 138 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Feb 5, 2017, 3:58 PM GMT-3 (18:58 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 108 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-02-05 18:58:34 UTC
Depth
130.9 km (81.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.204° S, 68.919° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3523 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.1157 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3521 days ago · 182 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3514 days ago · 134 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3513 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.793 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3496 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.1117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3494 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3485 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.1154 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3483 days ago · 195 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 5.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3480 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.0131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3478 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.3119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3475 days ago · 120 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 3.9131 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3474 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.4106 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3471 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3467 days ago · 115 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 4.1104 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3465 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.2112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3534 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.0107 km N of Calama, Chile · 3534 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 3535 days ago · 127 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.0144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3546 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3552 days ago · 126 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008htd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.