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M4.6 earthquake 77 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 77 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 1:35 AM GMT-3 (04:35 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 79 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-03 04:35:29 UTC
Depth
32.6 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.618° S, 70.755° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.875 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 6.479 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.781 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 5.071 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 4.617 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 4.099 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 5.468 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 4.698 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 4.584 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 4.496 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 4.189 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 4.684 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  35. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 4.3115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.686 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.881 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 4.794 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 5.577 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 5.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  17. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 30
  19. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away

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