Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 68 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 68 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 2:49 PM GMT-3 (17:49 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 79 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 17:49:12 UTC
Depth
21.2 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.624° S, 70.641° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 23°, dip 31°, rake 115°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 174°, dip 62°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4553 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 4.030 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4554 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4554 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away

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