M4.7 earthquake 22 km SE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 22 km SE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 9:17 PM GMT-4 (01:17 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 42 km ENE 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
- 4.7 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-12 01:17:38 UTC
- Depth
- 97.7 km (60.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.597° S, 68.770° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.054 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3327 days ago · 171 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.338 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3316 days ago · 131 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.433 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3285 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.821 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3284 days ago · 129 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 5.542 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 3283 days ago · 110 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a7hz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.