M3.7 earthquake 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 4:13 AM GMT-4 (08:13 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 96 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
- 3.7 (m), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-08-24 08:13:31 UTC
- Depth
- 117.4 km (72.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.683° S, 69.187° 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
- 173°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5154 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6608 days ago · 124 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.9101 km N of Calama, Chile · 6597 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.9154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6595 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.796 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6593 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.495 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6593 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.9125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6590 days ago · 142 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.8141 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6588 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0161 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6586 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9148 km N of Calama, Chile · 6573 days ago · 134 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2120 km N of Calama, Chile · 6559 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.1114 km N of Calama, Chile · 6557 days ago · 126 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000gfdb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:22 AM UTC.