M4.2 earthquake 120 km N of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 120 km N of Calama, Chile on Tue, Oct 14, 2008, 1:16 PM GMT-3 (16:16 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 135 km NNE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-10-14 16:16:48 UTC
- Depth
- 111.1 km (69.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.385° S, 68.730° 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 usp000gk8h. 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
- 108°
- 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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1114 km N of Calama, Chile · 6563 days ago · 126 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.3147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6551 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.9166 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6549 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.991 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6538 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2155 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6523 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.5146 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6520 days ago · 127 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5141 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6515 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.5135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6513 days ago · 115 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.1124 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6512 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6134 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6506 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 3.788 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6571 days ago · 133 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.686 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6575 days ago · 124 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.9148 km N of Calama, Chile · 6578 days ago · 134 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.6144 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6579 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.950 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6588 days ago · 108 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.877 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6589 days ago · 124 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.8141 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6594 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gk8h. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.