M4.5 earthquake 142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 142 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 6:32 AM GMT-3 (09:32 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 152 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
- 2013-10-23 09:32:38 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.699° S, 68.890° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2144 km N of Calama, Chile · 4704 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.7152 km N of Calama, Chile · 4700 days ago · 138 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.0134 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4689 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 4.4160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4733 days ago · 130 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.9124 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4738 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.094 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4750 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.399 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4753 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 4754 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1125 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4755 days ago · 104 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000kj4e. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.