M4.3 earthquake 106 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 106 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Dec 25, 2017, 10:22 AM GMT-3 (13:22 UTC), 126 km (78 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 138 km N 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-25 13:22:35 UTC
- Depth
- 125.8 km (78.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.638° S, 68.387° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 25
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3196 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.3110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3192 days ago · 141 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.5113 km N of Calama, Chile · 3182 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3181 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3171 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.422 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3170 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3163 days ago · 146 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.182 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3146 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000chuy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:26 AM UTC.