M4.1 earthquake 154 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 154 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Mar 18, 2017, 10:55 PM GMT-3 (01:55 UTC), 195 km (121 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-19 01:55:36 UTC
- Depth
- 195.2 km (121.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.360° S, 67.996° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3480 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0106 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3479 days ago · 200 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3151 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3477 days ago · 182 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.466 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3474 days ago · 202 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3467 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.799 km N of Calama, Chile · 3459 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.096 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 113 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.462 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3445 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2151 km N of Calama, Chile · 3441 days ago · 133 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.391 km N of Calama, Chile · 3440 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.0124 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3432 days ago · 199 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.7164 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3426 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 7
- 4.5141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3423 days ago · 221 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008t40. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.