Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 92 km WSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 92 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 2:08 PM GMT-3 (17:08 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-17 17:08:33 UTC
Depth
13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.547° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 359°, dip 30°, rake 115°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 151°, dip 63°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.053 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4541 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.895 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 4.1117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4531 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 4.278 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 4.195 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 4.129 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 4.089 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4518 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 4.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4517 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4517 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 4.591 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 5.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 4.5113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away

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