M6.3 earthquake 80 km ENE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck 80 km ENE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Jul 11, 2010, 8:11 PM GMT-4 (00:11 UTC), 115 km (71 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (Mwb, body-wave moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2010-07-12 00:11:21 UTC
- Depth
- 115.0 km (71.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.146° S, 68.216° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 40
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 6.23 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 6.2 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
| 5.93 | Me, energy | Choy, USGS energy magnitude | Reviewed |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (V) at Calama and Oficina Maria Elena; (IV) at Antofagasta, Baquedano, Mejillones, San Pedro de Atacama, Sierra Gorda and Tocopilla; (III) at Huara, Pica and Pozo Almonte; (II) at Alto Hospicio, Caldera, Camina, Copiapo, El Salvador, Iquique and Pisagua. Also felt at Santiago.
From the USGS event page for usp000hf5z. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 5.6% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
40 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 175°, dip 43°, rake -73°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 334°, dip 48°, rake -103°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 17°
- Stations used
- 510
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.3 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 5925 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.158 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 5925 days ago · 133 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.1106 km NE of Calama, Chile · 5888 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.441 km S of Calama, Chile · 5878 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hf5z (also filed as us2010yqad, choy20100712001121, gcmtc201007120011a, gcmt20100712001121, iscgem600992789). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.