M4.2 earthquake Tarapaca, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in Tarapaca, Chile on Sun, Apr 6, 2008, 5:54 AM GMT-4 (09:54 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 112 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-04-06 09:54:44 UTC
- Depth
- 115.2 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.150° S, 69.016° W
- Region
- Chile
- 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 usp000g377. 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
- 99°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5112 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6740 days ago · 106 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1161 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6735 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6721 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.1167 km N of Calama, Chile · 6710 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4136 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6707 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.0170 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6762 days ago · 127 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.7126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6765 days ago · 113 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.6127 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6766 days ago · 132 km deep · 18 km away
- 6.2125 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6766 days ago · 120 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 20
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000g377. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC.