M4.7 earthquake 87 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 87 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 10:36 AM GMT-3 (13:36 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.7 53 km SW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-04-02 13:36:49 UTC
- Depth
- 17.1 km (10.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.865° S, 70.901° 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
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.598 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2147 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.453 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.093 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.284 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.072 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.481 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.785 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.389 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0111 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.334 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.398 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.253 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.499 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 30
- 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
- 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.577 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.794 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.696 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.071 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.572 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.177 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.485 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.0108 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.966 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.399 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3132 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4567 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.064 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.397 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.3Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.712 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.393 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
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