M4.4 earthquake 142 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 142 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 2:03 PM GMT-3 (17:03 UTC), 132 km (82 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 107 km NNE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-01-21 17:03:39 UTC
- Depth
- 131.9 km (82.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.208° S, 68.590° 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 usb000es86. 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
- 102°
- Stations used
- 31
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4975 days ago · 141 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.269 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4973 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.682 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4973 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.563 km N of Calama, Chile · 4958 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.3113 km N of Calama, Chile · 4952 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000es86. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC.