M4.1 earthquake 153 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 153 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, Sep 3, 2017, 9:10 PM GMT-3 (00:10 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 131 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-04 00:10:47 UTC
- Depth
- 113.8 km (70.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.079° S, 68.790° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4130 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3311 days ago · 111 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.8124 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3298 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.7131 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3291 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.2128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3280 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7139 km N of Calama, Chile · 3279 days ago · 123 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.0Tarapaca, Chile · 3275 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3273 days ago · 120 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.087 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3258 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 4.5132 km N of Calama, Chile · 3321 days ago · 121 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3329 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1138 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3329 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3335 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0161 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3336 days ago · 136 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3337 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3339 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3342 days ago · 128 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0130 km N of Calama, Chile · 3343 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000afbw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC.