M4.3 earthquake 32 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 32 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Sat, Nov 17, 2018, 11:47 AM GMT-3 (14:47 UTC), 122 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 111 km SSW 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-17 14:47:25 UTC
- Depth
- 121.5 km (75.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.724° S, 69.057° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.533 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2870 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.443 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 2867 days ago · 135 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.940 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2853 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.190 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2849 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.8111 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2846 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.176 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2843 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.635 km N of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.479 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 2832 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.533 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2831 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.828 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2892 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.360 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2896 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.521 km E of Calama, Chile · 2896 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.744 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 2905 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ht6v. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.