Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 81 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 81 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 2:28 AM GMT-3 (05:28 UTC), 10 km (6 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: 4.7 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 2:28 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2014-04-03 05:28:50 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.812° S, 70.611° W
Region: Chile
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.72	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.5

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 144°
Stations used: 32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 183.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000pnz5 (also filed as iscgem610240582). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.