M3.4 earthquake 95 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 95 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Sep 10, 2008, 12:28 PM GMT-4 (16:28 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 161 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
- 3.4 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-10 16:28:19 UTC
- Depth
- 50.3 km (31.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.728° S, 69.420° 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
- 134°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6592 days ago · 142 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8141 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 6590 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.0161 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6588 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.9148 km N of Calama, Chile · 6574 days ago · 134 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.468 km S of Iquique, Chile · 6547 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6546 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9166 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 6545 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.9123 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6535 days ago · 136 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 5.796 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6594 days ago · 38 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.9154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6597 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5154 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6610 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.7113 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6611 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.986 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 6618 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.1102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6622 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ggth. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.