M4.2 earthquake 27 km SW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Calama, Chile on Mon, Apr 7, 2008, 5:26 AM GMT-4 (09:26 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 45 km SSE 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
- 4.2 (m), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-07 09:26:54 UTC
- Depth
- 86.1 km (53.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.659° S, 69.076° 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
- 176°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.042 km S of Calama, Chile · 6746 days ago · 99 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.583 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6746 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.970 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6729 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.035 km ESE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6728 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.670 km S of Calama, Chile · 6726 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.052 km N of Calama, Chile · 6720 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.553 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6718 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.853 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6718 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.245 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 6704 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.143 km E of Calama, Chile · 6702 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g39p. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC.