M3.6 earthquake 144 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 144 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Sep 29, 2008, 9:41 PM GMT-4 (01:41 UTC), 134 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 120 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
- 3.6 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-30 01:41:24 UTC
- Depth
- 134.2 km (83.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.358° S, 68.177° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9148 km N of Calama, Chile · 6572 days ago · 134 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.686 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6569 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.788 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6565 days ago · 133 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2120 km N of Calama, Chile · 6558 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1114 km N of Calama, Chile · 6557 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.9166 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6543 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.991 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6531 days ago · 126 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2155 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6517 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6514 days ago · 127 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 3.950 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6581 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.877 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6582 days ago · 124 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.579 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6590 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.9154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6595 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9101 km N of Calama, Chile · 6596 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.6122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6600 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.776 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 6602 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ghzy. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC.