M4.2 earthquake 148 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 148 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Sep 20, 2013, 7:00 AM GMT-3 (10:00 UTC), 120 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 71 km NE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-09-20 10:00:51 UTC
- Depth
- 119.7 km (74.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.161° S, 68.559° 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
- ±0.20
- Stations used
- 0
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4755 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 4755 days ago · 127 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.399 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4753 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.785 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4751 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4733 days ago · 130 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.5142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4727 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.190 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4712 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.971 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4709 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2144 km N of Calama, Chile · 4705 days ago · 117 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7152 km N of Calama, Chile · 4700 days ago · 138 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000jwl0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC.