M3.8 earthquake 67 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 67 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile on Sun, Jan 6, 2008, 2:47 PM GMT-3 (17:47 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 79 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-06 17:47:06 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.068° S, 70.224° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000fw41. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 14
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 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6837 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6833 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.284 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6829 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.974 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6825 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.216 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6819 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.065 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6813 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.885 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6806 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.361 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6801 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.437 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6795 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6851 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6853 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6861 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 48 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6864 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6866 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6866 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6867 days ago · 52 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6867 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6868 days ago · 59 km deep · 11 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6868 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 26
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6868 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fw41. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC.