M4.6 earthquake 85 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 85 km S of Calama, Chile on Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 7:00 AM GMT-3 (10:00 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 82 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-03-26 10:00:56 UTC
- Depth
- 93.6 km (58.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.212° S, 69.083° 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 Baquedano and Tocopilla.
From the USGS event page for usb000fspq. 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
- 49°
- Stations used
- 144
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.782 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4931 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.527 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4910 days ago · 162 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.155 km SW of Calama, Chile · 4904 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.140 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 4903 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.3109 km E of Antofagasta, Chile · 4892 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000fspq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.