M4.3 earthquake 94 km SSE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 94 km SSE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jan 19, 2014, 2:26 AM GMT-3 (05:26 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 105 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-19 05:26:44 UTC
- Depth
- 40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.996° S, 69.789° 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
- ±0.14
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0103 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4636 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.891 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4636 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.0105 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4621 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4613 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.991 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4584 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 4.07 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4645 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.377 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4645 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.351 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4647 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.777 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4650 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 5.396 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4651 days ago · 97 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 7
- 5.181 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4652 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 4.159 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4652 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000m43y. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.