M4.5 earthquake 137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 137 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Feb 8, 2008, 10:07 AM GMT-3 (13:07 UTC), 119 km (74 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-02-08 13:07:51 UTC
- Depth
- 119.3 km (74.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.941° S, 68.865° 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
- 116°
- Stations used
- 12
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3166 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 6806 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.3133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6797 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4122 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6790 days ago · 100 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.8132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6789 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
- 6.2125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6763 days ago · 120 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 20
- 3.6127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6763 days ago · 132 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.7126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6762 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.0170 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6759 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 6750 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fyev. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC.