M5.8 earthquake 90 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 90 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 6:58 PM GMT-3 (21:58 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-11 21:58:18 UTC
- Depth
- 72.0 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.821° S, 69.803° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 26
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 6.2% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
26 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 178°, dip 42°, rake -116°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 31°, dip 53°, rake -69°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 330
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7Antofagasta, Chile · 3549 days ago · 73 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 4.252 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 3500 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007sn1 (also filed as iscgem611831542). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.