Chile earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 163 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 163 km N of Calama, Chile on Sun, May 12, 2013, 8:51 AM GMT-4 (12:51 UTC), 133 km (82 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2013-05-12 12:51:53 UTC
Depth
132.6 km (82.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.996° S, 68.673° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.2mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · 108 stations
5.26Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.1

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Alto Hospicio, Huara, Iquique, Mamina and Pozo Almonte; (III) Camina and Tocopilla; (II) at Oficina Maria Elena.

From the USGS event page for usc000guqn. 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
100°
Stations used
156

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4884 days ago · 145 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 5.1130 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4864 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.4129 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4861 days ago · 133 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.2140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4852 days ago · 128 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.7121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4845 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4844 days ago · 143 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 4.4114 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4834 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.789 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4832 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 4.0148 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4897 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.1129 km N of Calama, Chile · 4899 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.5137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4905 days ago · 130 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.399 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4907 days ago · 143 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 4910 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.382 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4914 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000guqn (also filed as iscgem602946982). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.