M3.7 earthquake 85 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 85 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Sep 29, 2013, 1:01 AM GMT-3 (04:01 UTC), 121 km (75 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
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-09-29 04:01:36 UTC
- Depth
- 120.5 km (74.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.735° S, 68.642° 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
- ±0.51
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4733 days ago · 130 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.211 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 4720 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.315 km W of Calama, Chile · 4713 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.190 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4712 days ago · 126 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.238 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4710 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.971 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4710 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2144 km N of Calama, Chile · 4705 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.7152 km N of Calama, Chile · 4700 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.540 km N of Calama, Chile · 4693 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000k1yj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC.