M5.1 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Tue, Jan 22, 2008, 6:09 AM GMT-3 (09:09 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 12 km ENE 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
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-22 09:09:27 UTC
- Depth
- 45.2 km (28.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.842° S, 69.951° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 15
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 117
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3104 km SE of Arica, Chile · 6822 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.9113 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6818 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.413 km S of Iquique, Chile · 6816 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.312 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6811 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.082 km N of Iquique, Chile · 6798 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.3133 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6797 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.722 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6785 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 18
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fx77 (also filed as us2008mmai). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC.