Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 39 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 39 km E of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 4:24 AM GMT-3 (07:24 UTC), 22 km (14 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-02 07:24:36 UTC
Depth
22.3 km (13.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.231° S, 69.769° 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 reverse
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 180°, dip 9°, rake 133°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 317°, dip 84°, rake 84°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.453 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.785 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 5.334 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.253 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 30
  12. 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  13. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 5.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 4.617 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4558 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 4.191 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 4.030 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.712 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.555 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.756 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.431 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.433 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.433 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.144 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 4.651 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 4.760 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 4.438 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 5.450 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 5.451 km W of Puerto, Chile · 4563 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.957 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away

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