M3.9 earthquake 148 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 148 km N of Calama, Chile on Tue, Sep 30, 2008, 8:17 AM GMT-4 (12:17 UTC), 134 km (84 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 147 km ESE of Iquique, 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 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-30 12:17:34 UTC
- Depth
- 134.4 km (83.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.118° S, 68.898° 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 usp000gj10. 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
- 149°
- Stations used
- 11
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.686 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6572 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.788 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6568 days ago · 133 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.2120 km N of Calama, Chile · 6561 days ago · 111 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.1114 km N of Calama, Chile · 6560 days ago · 126 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.3147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6547 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.9166 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6546 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.991 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6534 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2155 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6520 days ago · 114 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6517 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.6162 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 6517 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 3.6144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6576 days ago · 134 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.877 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6585 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.0161 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6589 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.8141 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6590 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.495 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6595 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.9154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6598 days ago · 83 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.9101 km N of Calama, Chile · 6599 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.6122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6603 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gj10. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.