Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 156 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 156 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Mar 29, 2013, 2:48 PM GMT-3 (17:48 UTC), 138 km (86 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 163 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2013-03-29 17:48:45 UTC
Depth
138.0 km (85.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.412° S, 68.662° 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 us2013nidx. 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

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Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
74°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4119 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4934 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 4.3135 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4934 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.2100 km W of Colchani, Bolivia · 4932 days ago · 156 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 4.4113 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4932 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.6152 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4930 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 4910 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 4.5111 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4907 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.5137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4905 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.0148 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4897 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 5.2163 km N of Calama, Chile · 4891 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.671 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4882 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.7102 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4936 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013nidx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.