Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 49 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 49 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 8:53 PM GMT-3 (23:53 UTC), 32 km (20 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-02 23:53:56 UTC
Depth
32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.871° S, 70.452° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 144°, dip 66°, rake 81°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 346°, dip 25°, rake 110°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
144°
Stations used
31

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. 5.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 30
  4. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  6. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 5.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 5.577 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 4.696 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 5.071 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 4.617 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 4.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 5.468 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 4.698 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 4.584 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 4.2108 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 4.0122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 4.684 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 4.187 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 4.0106 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.499 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.253 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 4.5105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.398 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 5.334 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 4.0111 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.389 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.785 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 4.481 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 4.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 4.072 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away

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