M4.3 earthquake 103 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 103 km NE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 2:31 PM GMT-3 (17:31 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 27 km ESE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-15 17:31:30 UTC
- Depth
- 134.1 km (83.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.695° S, 68.348° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 38
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.278 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3514 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.243 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3511 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.793 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3496 days ago · 108 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3486 days ago · 115 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1154 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3483 days ago · 195 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3480 days ago · 125 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3151 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3477 days ago · 182 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3467 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.799 km N of Calama, Chile · 3459 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.327 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 3456 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 4.333 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3456 days ago · 128 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.1157 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3521 days ago · 182 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3524 days ago · 131 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.942 km E of Calama, Chile · 3533 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0107 km N of Calama, Chile · 3534 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3134 km N of Calama, Chile · 3535 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3126 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3539 days ago · 211 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008k0t. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.