Chile earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 70 km ENE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 70 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Feb 1, 2008, 9:22 PM GMT-3 (00:22 UTC), 102 km (64 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 134 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mwc), moderate
Local time: Fri, Feb 1, 2008, 9:22 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2008-02-02 00:22:07 UTC
Depth: 102.2 km (63.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 22.135° S, 68.330° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Nodal plane 1: Strike 142°, dip 44°, rake -98°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 333°, dip 46°, rake -82°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 54°
Stations used: 179

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxyp (also filed as gcmtc200802020022a, gcmt20080202002207, iscgem10525453). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.