Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 74 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 74 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 5:27 PM GMT-3 (20:27 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 70 km SW 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
2014-04-03 20:27:09 UTC
Depth
21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.766° S, 70.558° 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 2°, dip 23°, rake 101°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 170°, dip 68°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 179 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.3115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.283 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 3.982 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 4.684 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 4.189 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away

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