Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 6:14 PM GMT-3 (21:14 UTC), 12 km (7 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
4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-03 21:14:43 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.578° S, 71.183° 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
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 348°, dip 62°, rake -97°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 182°, dip 29°, rake -77°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.283 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 3.982 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away

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