Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 53 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Apr 18, 2014, 5:12 AM GMT-3 (08:12 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 83 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-18 08:12:41 UTC
Depth
32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.554° S, 70.516° 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 170°, dip 56°, rake 109°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 318°, dip 39°, rake 65°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
160°
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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4549 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 3.895 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4539 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 3.962 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 4.278 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 4.195 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 4.129 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 4.089 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 4.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 4.591 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 5.681 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 4520 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 4.679 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 4.060 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 4.227 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4514 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 4.582 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4510 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4509 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 4.656 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4508 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

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