M4.6 earthquake 105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 5:00 AM GMT-3 (08:00 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 91 km E 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-21 08:00:00 UTC
- Depth
- 102.5 km (63.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.820° S, 69.229° 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
- ±0.10
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.891 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4637 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.598 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4614 days ago · 99 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.9104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4605 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.5150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4605 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5127 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4597 days ago · 111 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0106 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4595 days ago · 101 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.5106 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4586 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000m5jh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.