Chile earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 6:21 PM GMT-4 (22:21 UTC), 105 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 76 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mww), moderate
Local time: Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 6:21 PM GMT-4
UTC: 2017-06-03 22:21:45 UTC
Depth: 105.5 km (65.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 21.898° S, 68.693° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique normal
Moment magnitude: 5.1 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 134°, dip 40°, rake -141°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 12°, dip 66°, rake -57°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 3.6 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 25°
Stations used: 220

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kja (also filed as iscgem612739187). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.