Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 87 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 87 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 3:20 PM GMT-3 (18:20 UTC), 21 km (13 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
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-03 18:20:31 UTC
Depth
21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.637° S, 70.724° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 11°, dip 39°, rake 129°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 145°, dip 61°, rake 63°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 4.0106 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.3110 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4561 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.986 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.0126 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 3.8107 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4558 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.0122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.2108 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 4.584 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 5.468 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away

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