M4.2 earthquake 69 km NE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 69 km NE of Calama, Chile on Thu, Feb 21, 2013, 1:41 PM GMT-3 (16:41 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 82 km NNE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-02-21 16:41:50 UTC
- Depth
- 101.3 km (62.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.048° S, 68.408° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000jzg7. 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
- 55°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.682 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4972 days ago · 129 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.563 km N of Calama, Chile · 4958 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.3113 km N of Calama, Chile · 4951 days ago · 120 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.030 km SE of Calama, Chile · 4949 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.659 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4941 days ago · 115 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.382 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4917 days ago · 126 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jzg7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC.