M3.9 earthquake 128 km W of Colchani, Bolivia
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 128 km W of Colchani, Bolivia on Tue, Jan 29, 2008, 8:42 PM GMT-3 (23:42 UTC), 141 km (88 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 125 km E 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 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-29 23:42:31 UTC
- Depth
- 141.3 km (87.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.190° S, 68.157° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- 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 usp000fxr2. 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
- 113°
- Stations used
- 14
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6810 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3166 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 6808 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6792 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.8132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6791 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 6.2125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6765 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 20
- 3.6127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6765 days ago · 132 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.7126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6764 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.5167 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6820 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.1122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6821 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.7137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6835 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.6143 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6843 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1166 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6845 days ago · 155 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fxr2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC.