M4.7 earthquake 89 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 89 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 2:19 PM GMT-4 (18:19 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 39 km ENE 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-07-10 18:19:42 UTC
- Depth
- 122.9 km (76.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.703° S, 68.618° 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 usp000k1vs. 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
- 150
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3154 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4818 days ago · 195 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.531 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4804 days ago · 125 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.4140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4793 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.3118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4791 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.839 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 4788 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 4.6153 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4775 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.929 km E of Calama, Chile · 4837 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4843 days ago · 143 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.2140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4852 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.176 km NE of Calama, Chile · 4861 days ago · 133 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.4129 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4861 days ago · 133 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000k1vs. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.