M4.3 earthquake 154 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 154 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jul 23, 2013, 10:09 PM GMT-4 (02:09 UTC), 195 km (121 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 118 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-07-24 02:09:25 UTC
- Depth
- 194.6 km (120.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.347° S, 68.023° 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 usb000isxj. 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
- 75°
- Stations used
- 23
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
- 4.286 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 4811 days ago · 172 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3107 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4809 days ago · 191 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.6145 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4796 days ago · 180 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.4140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4793 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.3118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4791 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.2148 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4759 days ago · 120 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000isxj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC.