Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 108 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 108 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 7:32 AM GMT-3 (10:32 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 45 km WSW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-02 10:32:09 UTC
Depth
22.1 km (13.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.479° S, 70.834° 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
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 110°, dip 36°, rake -136°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 342°, dip 66°, rake -62°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.485 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.177 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.572 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.598 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.2147 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.453 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.093 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.284 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.072 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 4.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 4.481 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.785 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.389 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.0111 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 4.398 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 4.5105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 4.499 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 5.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 30
  34. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 4.696 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 4.584 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 4.2108 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 4.0122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 4.187 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 4.0106 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 4.3110 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.966 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.2102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.399 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 4.3132 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 5.064 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.397 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.3Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.712 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.393 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 5.171 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.1102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 4.878 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 4.385 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 4.1122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

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