M3.9 earthquake 87 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 87 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 3:05 AM GMT-4 (07:05 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 103 km NE 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
- 3.9 (M), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-30 07:05:27 UTC
- Depth
- 112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.772° S, 68.493° 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 usp000g55n. 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
- 132°
- 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4124 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6728 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9124 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6724 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.990 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6721 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.052 km N of Calama, Chile · 6720 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.553 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6718 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.853 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6718 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.9111 km N of Calama, Chile · 6718 days ago · 151 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.7104 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6714 days ago · 131 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1167 km N of Calama, Chile · 6708 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.143 km E of Calama, Chile · 6703 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6700 days ago · 124 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.4177 km N of Calama, Chile · 6691 days ago · 136 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.142 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6690 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.6118 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6683 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.649 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6682 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.970 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6729 days ago · 131 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.8150 km N of Calama, Chile · 6741 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6744 days ago · 120 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.583 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6752 days ago · 116 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.8109 km N of Calama, Chile · 6758 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g55n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.