Chile earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 76 km NE of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 76 km NE of Calama, Chile on Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 5:37 AM GMT-4 (09:37 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 5:37 AM GMT-4
UTC: 2013-06-11 09:37:07 UTC
Depth: 132.8 km (82.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 21.890° S, 68.500° 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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 377 stations
5.36	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Calama and Sierra Gorda; (III) at Oficina Maria Elena, Pica, Pozo Almonte and Tocopilla; (II) at Alto Hospicio, Camina, Huara, Iquique and San Pedro de Atacama.

From the USGS event page for usc000hld4. 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: 249

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000hld4 (also filed as iscgem603068701). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.