M4.6 earthquake 60 km S of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 60 km S of Calama, Chile on Sun, Aug 11, 2013, 11:28 AM GMT-4 (15:28 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 39 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-08-11 15:28:42 UTC
- Depth
- 103.3 km (64.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.995° S, 68.990° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Stations used
- 0
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.839 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4789 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 8
- 4.342 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4783 days ago · 144 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.521 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4772 days ago · 173 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.711 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4762 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.425 km SSE of Calama, Chile · 4746 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.531 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4805 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.069 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4811 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.066 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4815 days ago · 101 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.340 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4815 days ago · 143 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000j0pl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.