M5.6 earthquake 138 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 138 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Jul 10, 2013, 10:32 AM GMT-4 (14:32 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Mwb, body-wave moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-07-10 14:32:12 UTC
- Depth
- 110.0 km (68.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.302° S, 69.248° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 10
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | Mwb, body-wave moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.62 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (V) at Camina, Huara, La Tirana and Pozo Almonte; (IV) at Alto Hospicio, Arica, Cerro Colorado, Cuya, Iquique, Mamina, Pica, Pisagua and Poconchile; (III) at Codpa, Collahuasi, Quebrada Blanca, Quillagua and Tocopilla. Also felt (III) at Tacna and (II) at Arequipa and Moquegua, Peru. Broadband depth 110 km.
From the USGS event page for usb000ib4l. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 231°, dip 16°, rake -30°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 351°, dip 82°, rake -104°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 549
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3104 km E of Arica, Chile · 4826 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1127 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4822 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4819 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.6103 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4806 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.343 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4805 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.5118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4804 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.494 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4804 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.281 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 4801 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.6123 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4795 days ago · 105 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.794 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4778 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.6160 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4777 days ago · 125 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.0110 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4773 days ago · 100 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000ib4l (also filed as iscgem603228685). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.