Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 81 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 81 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Apr 15, 2014, 1:54 PM GMT-3 (16:54 UTC), 19 km (12 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-15 16:54:19 UTC
Depth
18.8 km (11.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.212° S, 70.933° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 349°, dip 37°, rake 96°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 162°, dip 53°, rake 86°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.053 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4547 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4545 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 5.3113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 3.895 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 4.1117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4538 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 4.679 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  42. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away

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