Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 97 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 97 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 12:27 PM GMT-3 (15:27 UTC), 20 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
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-17 15:27:16 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.938° S, 71.032° 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
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 4°, dip 36°, rake 114°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 156°, dip 58°, rake 74°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.053 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4546 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 5.3113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 4.1117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4536 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 4.679 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  32. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  51. 4.6119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 4.2118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 3.9119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 4.0119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 4.8117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 4.1118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 4.2122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 4.0122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away

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