M3.4 earthquake 113 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 113 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 10:36 AM GMT-3 (13:36 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-10-14 13:36:44 UTC
- Depth
- 120.4 km (74.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.126° S, 69.066° 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 usp000fqj1. 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
- 111°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3124 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6919 days ago · 106 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.6151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6917 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 4.9132 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6912 days ago · 107 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.5102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6899 days ago · 103 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.6162 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6897 days ago · 117 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.7134 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6896 days ago · 122 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.4156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 6880 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.598 km E of Iquique, Chile · 6876 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 3.9178 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 6943 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.1157 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 6947 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.1184 km S of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 6948 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1Chile-Bolivia border region · 6958 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fqj1. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC.