Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 88 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 88 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 4:31 AM GMT-3 (07:31 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
4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-17 07:31:09 UTC
Depth
18.7 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.911° S, 70.932° 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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 320°, dip 17°, rake 66°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 165°, dip 74°, rake 97°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
91

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 4.053 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4550 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 5.3113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 4.1117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4541 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 4.679 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  34. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 4.6119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4534 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 4.2118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4534 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 3.9119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4534 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 4.0119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4533 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 4.8117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4533 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 4.1118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4533 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 4.2122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4533 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away

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