Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 84 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 84 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Apr 14, 2014, 11:40 PM GMT-3 (02:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 83 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-15 02:40:20 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.961° S, 70.915° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 349°, dip 90°, rake -105°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 258°, dip 15°, rake 0°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
143°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 4.053 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4549 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 5.3113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 4.1117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4539 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 4.679 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  47. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away

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