M4.2 earthquake 11 km SSW of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Calama, Chile on Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 8:51 AM GMT-3 (11:51 UTC), 89 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 71 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2013-10-30 11:51:18 UTC
- Depth
- 89.4 km (55.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.548° S, 68.976° 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
- ±0.13
- 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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.669 km WSW of Calama, Chile · 4716 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.315 km W of Calama, Chile · 4712 days ago · 87 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.238 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4710 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.971 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4709 days ago · 112 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.442 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4705 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.540 km N of Calama, Chile · 4693 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.139 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4690 days ago · 144 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.484 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4673 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.182 km N of Calama, Chile · 4668 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.169 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4660 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000krg8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.