M4.1 earthquake 131 km NE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 131 km NE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Apr 4, 2014, 2:36 PM GMT-3 (17:36 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 101 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-04-04 17:36:35 UTC
- Depth
- 114.2 km (71.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.503° S, 69.142° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.191 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.881 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5101 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.299 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.395 km SE of Arica, Chile · 4521 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.0149 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4517 days ago · 119 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.9121 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4560 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.651 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.6128 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 115 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 4.1150 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.5106 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000pp1a. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.