M4.0 earthquake 30 km SE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 30 km SE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Mar 17, 2013, 10:53 PM GMT-3 (01:53 UTC), 110 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 59 km ENE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-03-18 01:53:09 UTC
- Depth
- 110.3 km (68.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.678° S, 68.752° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Calama and (II) at San Pedro de Atacama.
From the USGS event page for us2013mxbq. 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
- 155°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.659 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4940 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.685 km S of Calama, Chile · 4939 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.527 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4909 days ago · 162 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.264 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4904 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.155 km SW of Calama, Chile · 4904 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.140 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4903 days ago · 130 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013mxbq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.