M4.5 earthquake 137 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 137 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 1:25 PM GMT-4 (17:25 UTC), 130 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 163 km N 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-04-28 17:25:26 UTC
- Depth
- 129.5 km (80.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.257° S, 68.576° 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 usp000k0fr. 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
- 85°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.264 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4903 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.1129 km N of Calama, Chile · 4899 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.0148 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4897 days ago · 112 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.2163 km N of Calama, Chile · 4891 days ago · 133 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.2119 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4886 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4884 days ago · 145 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.240 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4876 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.1130 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4864 days ago · 113 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.4129 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4861 days ago · 133 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.176 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4861 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.2140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4852 days ago · 128 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 4.399 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4907 days ago · 143 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 4910 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.382 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4915 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4933 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4933 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.3156 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4935 days ago · 138 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000k0fr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.