Five shallow focus earthquakes (10 km depth), larger than magnitude 4, accompanied the eruption of Chaitén volcano in Chile. The earthquakes occurred in a region of low historical seismicity, therefore were probably related to the eruption of the volcano.
| Earthquake Magnitude | Date/Time (Local) | Distance from Chaitén volcano |
| 4.4 | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 11:52 PM | 17km E |
| 5.3 | Friday, May 02, 2008 at 01:51 AM | 30km NE |
| 4.9 | Friday, May 02, 2008 at 07:13 AM | 13km NW |
| 4.1 | Friday, May 02, 2008 at 06:13 PM | 16km SW |
| 5.0 | Friday, May 02, 2008 at 10:36 PM | 30 km N |
