Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 121 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 121 km NE of Calama, Chile on Sat, Jul 26, 2008, 1:39 PM GMT-4 (17:39 UTC), 137 km (85 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 64 km ENE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2008-07-26 17:39:29 UTC
Depth
136.8 km (85.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.561° S, 68.237° 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.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
163

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.8159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6635 days ago · 143 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 4.2103 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6634 days ago · 200 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.2167 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6626 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 5.064 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6617 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.934 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6608 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.776 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6605 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.6122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6602 days ago · 107 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 3.9101 km N of Calama, Chile · 6598 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 3.9154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6597 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 4.579 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6592 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 3.877 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6585 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.950 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6584 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 5.264 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6642 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.8127 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6652 days ago · 98 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 4.8111 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6653 days ago · 86 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.3123 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6661 days ago · 105 km deep · 4 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gd6r. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.