M3.1 earthquake 68 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 68 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jan 25, 2008, 7:56 AM GMT-3 (10:56 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 134 km NNE 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
- 3.1 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-25 10:56:03 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.894° S, 68.654° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 214°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.641 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 6812 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.270 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6811 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6810 days ago · 112 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.0135 km N of Calama, Chile · 6809 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.8111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6801 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2Antofagasta, Chile · 6797 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
- 6.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6797 days ago · 130 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6796 days ago · 125 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4112 km N of Calama, Chile · 6795 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.427 km N of Calama, Chile · 6781 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.8144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6763 days ago · 117 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2146 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6761 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.3145 km N of Calama, Chile · 6759 days ago · 147 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.133 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6820 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.4157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6824 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.9103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6826 days ago · 134 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.643 km E of Calama, Chile · 6827 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.7158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6831 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3149 km N of Calama, Chile · 6834 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.084 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6836 days ago · 103 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.395 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6840 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.4140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6841 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.9109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6842 days ago · 136 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.530 km E of Calama, Chile · 6848 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxe6. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.