Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 90 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 90 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 19, 2014, 6:30 PM GMT-3 (21:30 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 81 km WNW of Puerto, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-19 21:30:31 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.949° S, 70.973° 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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 161°, dip 67°, rake 86°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 351°, dip 23°, rake 99°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 5.3113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 4.1117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4536 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 4.679 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  18. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4534 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 4.6119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 4.2118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 3.9119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 4.0119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 4.8117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 4.1118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 4.2122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 4.0122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4529 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 4.575 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 3.962 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 4.278 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 4.195 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 4.129 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 4.089 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 4.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 4.591 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 5.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 4.5113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 85.

Before

  1. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4546 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 4.053 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away

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