M4.6 earthquake 49 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 49 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jun 14, 2008, 9:27 PM GMT-4 (01:27 UTC), 104 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 64 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-06-15 01:27:53 UTC
- Depth
- 103.7 km (64.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.233° S, 68.505° 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 usp000g9p5. 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
- 112°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3123 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6662 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.8111 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6654 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8127 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6653 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.264 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6643 days ago · 118 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7121 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6641 days ago · 137 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.2103 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6635 days ago · 200 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.6118 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6683 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.142 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6691 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6700 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.143 km E of Calama, Chile · 6703 days ago · 115 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.245 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 6705 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g9p5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC.