M3.4 earthquake 68 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 68 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Feb 2, 2008, 11:28 PM GMT-3 (02:28 UTC), 112 km (70 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
- 3.4 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-03 02:28:53 UTC
- Depth
- 112.3 km (69.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.873° S, 68.715° 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
- 147°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0135 km N of Calama, Chile · 6812 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.8111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6803 days ago · 111 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2Antofagasta, Chile · 6800 days ago · 103 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.1134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6799 days ago · 130 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
- 4.3109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6798 days ago · 125 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.4112 km N of Calama, Chile · 6798 days ago · 125 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.427 km N of Calama, Chile · 6784 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.8144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6765 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2146 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6764 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.3145 km N of Calama, Chile · 6762 days ago · 147 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.0125 km N of Calama, Chile · 6762 days ago · 139 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.119 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 6757 days ago · 89 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.998 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6757 days ago · 130 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.8109 km N of Calama, Chile · 6755 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 5.270 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6814 days ago · 102 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.641 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 6814 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.5167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6817 days ago · 116 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.168 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6822 days ago · 109 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.133 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6823 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.4157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6826 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.9103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6829 days ago · 134 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.643 km E of Calama, Chile · 6829 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.7158 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6833 days ago · 131 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3149 km N of Calama, Chile · 6837 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.084 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6839 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fy1a. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC.