M4.5 earthquake 141 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 141 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Dec 2, 2008, 5:03 PM GMT-3 (20:03 UTC), 100 km (62 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-12-02 20:03:25 UTC
- Depth
- 99.5 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.216° S, 68.613° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.5135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6508 days ago · 115 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.1124 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6507 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6134 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6500 days ago · 136 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.6130 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6496 days ago · 133 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.495 km NE of Calama, Chile · 6493 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.8109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6486 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6460 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gpu7. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.