M4.2 earthquake 142 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 142 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on Sun, Sep 17, 2017, 8:10 AM GMT-3 (11:10 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 67 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-17 11:10:53 UTC
- Depth
- 192.8 km (119.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.906° S, 67.340° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4129 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3291 days ago · 224 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.3100 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3280 days ago · 222 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.867 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3272 days ago · 165 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4129 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3243 days ago · 176 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.199 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3242 days ago · 217 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aph6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.