M4.1 earthquake 71 km NNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 71 km NNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Jan 6, 2014, 8:27 AM GMT-3 (11:27 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 130 km NW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2014-01-06 11:27:27 UTC
- Depth
- 38.1 km (23.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.650° S, 70.477° 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
- ±0.30
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.392 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 4651 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.07 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4646 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.0104 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4637 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1106 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4628 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3127 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4625 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.4130 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4624 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.9119 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4623 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1119 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4623 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4611 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4611 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000m64q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC.