Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 126 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 126 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Apr 4, 2014, 1:45 PM GMT-3 (16:45 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-04 16:45:59 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.637° S, 71.198° 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
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 3°, dip 38°, rake 115°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 153°, dip 56°, rake 72°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4555 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 3.8107 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4554 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4553 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 4.2153 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 152.

Before

  1. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.986 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 4.3110 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4556 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 4.0106 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4556 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away

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