Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 97 km WSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 97 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 5:44 AM GMT-3 (08:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 71 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 08:44:55 UTC
Depth
9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.644° S, 70.961° 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
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 332°, dip 62°, rake 94°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 144°, dip 28°, rake 82°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4554 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4555 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000pp3c. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC.