M4.6 earthquake 82 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 82 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Feb 22, 2013, 4:41 AM GMT-3 (07:41 UTC), 129 km (80 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-02-22 07:41:39 UTC
- Depth
- 129.0 km (80.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.786° S, 68.577° W
- Region
- Chile
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 190 stations |
| 5.02 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Tocopilla and (II) at Huara and Quillagua.
From the USGS event page for us2013lyc5. 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
- 62°
- Stations used
- 256
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.563 km N of Calama, Chile · 4957 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3113 km N of Calama, Chile · 4951 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.659 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4941 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.382 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4916 days ago · 126 km deep · 1 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013lyc5 (also filed as iscgem602534604, usa000g84c). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC.