M4.6 earthquake 88 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 88 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Jun 8, 2017, 9:05 AM GMT-4 (13:05 UTC), 131 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 76 km NNE 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-08 13:05:02 UTC
- Depth
- 130.7 km (81.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.736° S, 68.555° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3153 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 3401 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.1Chile-Bolivia border region · 3398 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.183 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3397 days ago · 126 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1130 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3396 days ago · 162 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3396 days ago · 137 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2144 km N of Calama, Chile · 3394 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0137 km N of Calama, Chile · 3392 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3145 km N of Calama, Chile · 3388 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3386 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.0134 km N of Calama, Chile · 3386 days ago · 125 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.615 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3384 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4156 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3384 days ago · 136 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.476 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3377 days ago · 108 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.4154 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3376 days ago · 169 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.344 km E of Calama, Chile · 3373 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.560 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3368 days ago · 144 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5122 km N of Calama, Chile · 3366 days ago · 127 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9121 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3358 days ago · 146 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.3142 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 3358 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 4.676 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3356 days ago · 114 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.212 km N of Calama, Chile · 3349 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.280 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3347 days ago · 120 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3344 days ago · 144 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0130 km N of Calama, Chile · 3342 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3342 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 5.166 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3406 days ago · 105 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.068 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3409 days ago · 172 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.9143 km N of Calama, Chile · 3412 days ago · 138 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.5141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3423 days ago · 221 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009lbc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:26 AM UTC.