M3.8 earthquake 144 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 144 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Mar 21, 2008, 11:03 AM GMT-3 (14:03 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 52 km N 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
- 3.8 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-03-21 14:03:00 UTC
- Depth
- 117.1 km (72.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.191° S, 68.590° 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 usp000g1zd. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2146 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6766 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.3145 km N of Calama, Chile · 6765 days ago · 147 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.0125 km N of Calama, Chile · 6764 days ago · 139 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.998 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6760 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.8109 km N of Calama, Chile · 6758 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.583 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6753 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6745 days ago · 120 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.8150 km N of Calama, Chile · 6741 days ago · 130 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.970 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6730 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.987 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6728 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.4124 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6728 days ago · 109 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.9124 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6724 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.052 km N of Calama, Chile · 6721 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.0147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6720 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.9111 km N of Calama, Chile · 6718 days ago · 151 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.7104 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6715 days ago · 131 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.1167 km N of Calama, Chile · 6709 days ago · 110 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g1zd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.