Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 63 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 63 km N of Calama, Chile on Fri, Mar 8, 2013, 10:17 PM GMT-3 (01:17 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 59 km ENE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2013-03-09 01:17:51 UTC
Depth
104.8 km (65.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.885° S, 68.845° 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 usb000fhud. 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

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Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3113 km N of Calama, Chile · 4951 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.030 km SE of Calama, Chile · 4948 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.659 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4940 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 4.382 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4916 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.399 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4909 days ago · 143 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 4.5137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4906 days ago · 130 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.264 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4905 days ago · 129 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.140 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4903 days ago · 130 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.1129 km N of Calama, Chile · 4900 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 4.0148 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4898 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.682 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4971 days ago · 129 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.269 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4972 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.7107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4974 days ago · 141 km deep · 51 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000fhud. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC.