M4.1 earthquake 59 km SW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 59 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jan 5, 2014, 7:47 PM GMT-3 (22:47 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 77 km SW 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-05 22:47:12 UTC
- Depth
- 14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.604° S, 70.536° 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
- ±0.23
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.181 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4651 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 4.986 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4651 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.396 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4650 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 5.777 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4649 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 4.778 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4646 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.07 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4644 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.394 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4638 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000m0eh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.