M4.4 earthquake 160 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 160 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 1:28 PM GMT-3 (16:28 UTC), 130 km (81 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-10-16 16:28:38 UTC
- Depth
- 130.2 km (80.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.127° S, 68.308° 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
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4727 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.190 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4713 days ago · 126 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.971 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4710 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2144 km N of Calama, Chile · 4705 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.7152 km N of Calama, Chile · 4701 days ago · 138 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.4114 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4694 days ago · 171 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4690 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4132 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4682 days ago · 158 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000keun. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC.