Chile earthquakes

M6.1 earthquake 134 km NNE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 134 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Feb 16, 2008, 11:45 AM GMT-3 (14:45 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
6.1 (mwb), strong
Local time
UTC
2008-02-16 14:45:11 UTC
Depth
130.1 km (80.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.346° S, 68.385° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
6
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration
3.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.3 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Oblique normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 223°, dip 18°, rake -54°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 6°, dip 76°, rake -100°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
37°
Stations used
428

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6799 days ago · 125 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.4112 km N of Calama, Chile · 6798 days ago · 125 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.2134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6782 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.8144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6766 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.2146 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6764 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.3145 km N of Calama, Chile · 6762 days ago · 147 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.0125 km N of Calama, Chile · 6762 days ago · 139 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 3.998 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6757 days ago · 130 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 3.8109 km N of Calama, Chile · 6755 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.583 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6750 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.0134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6742 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 4.2Antofagasta, Chile · 6800 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.8111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6803 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.0135 km N of Calama, Chile · 6812 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 3.468 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6813 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 5.270 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6814 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.5167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6818 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.168 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6822 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.2Potosi, Bolivia · 6822 days ago · 152 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.4157 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6826 days ago · 129 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 3.9103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6829 days ago · 134 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fz1p (also filed as us2008nmas, choy20080216144511, gcmtc200802161445a, gcmt20080216144511, iscgem12942278). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:32 AM UTC.