Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 117 km SW of Arica, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 117 km SW of Arica, Chile on Mon, May 5, 2014, 5:02 AM GMT-4 (09:02 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 85 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-05-05 09:02:55 UTC
Depth
23.6 km (14.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.339° S, 70.950° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 31°, dip 47°, rake -124°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 255°, dip 52°, rake -59°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
94

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.2122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.0122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.575 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 3.962 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.591 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 5.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.5113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.6102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 5.681 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 4516 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4516 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 4.679 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4516 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 4.060 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4511 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.0101 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4508 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 4.096 km S of Arica, Chile · 4508 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4506 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 4.2139 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4505 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 4.9103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4504 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 4.162 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4502 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 4.3119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4501 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 4.295 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4498 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 4.699 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4497 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4497 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 4.3102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4496 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 4.2114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4494 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 4.171 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4493 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 4.095 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4487 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 4.4104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4487 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 4.268 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 3.969 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 4.175 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 5.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  39. 4.682 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 5.885 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4482 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  41. 5.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4482 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 4.5120 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4482 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 5.692 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4481 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4481 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 5.899 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4481 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4481 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 4.0108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4481 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 3.993 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4479 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 3.841 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4478 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4475 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4472 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 4.298 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4470 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 4.1101 km W of Arica, Chile · 4470 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.0119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 3.9119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.2118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.6119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away

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