M4.5 earthquake 147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 3:19 PM GMT-3 (18:19 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 150 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-02-13 18:19:30 UTC
- Depth
- 104.8 km (65.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.950° S, 68.973° 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
- ±0.38
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4603 days ago · 118 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.182 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4596 days ago · 129 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.5150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4592 days ago · 130 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.293 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4558 days ago · 117 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 4556 days ago · 127 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6150 km N of Calama, Chile · 4554 days ago · 113 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4147 km N of Calama, Chile · 4554 days ago · 133 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.379 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4615 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.0105 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4621 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.891 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4635 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.0103 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4635 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.394 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4638 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000my3e. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC.