Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 148 km SE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 148 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Mon, May 6, 2013, 7:09 AM GMT-4 (11:09 UTC), 112 km (70 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
4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2013-05-06 11:09:56 UTC
Depth
112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
21.081° S, 69.064° 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 us2013pwdn. 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
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2163 km N of Calama, Chile · 4893 days ago · 133 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.0116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4887 days ago · 145 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.671 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4884 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.4129 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4864 days ago · 133 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.2140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4854 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.7121 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4847 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4846 days ago · 143 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 4.1129 km N of Calama, Chile · 4902 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 4.5137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4907 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.168 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4908 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.399 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4910 days ago · 143 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 4.4Chile-Bolivia border region · 4912 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.382 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4917 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013pwdn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC.