Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 83 km WSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 83 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 6, 2014, 4:10 AM GMT-3 (07:10 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
3.9 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-04-06 07:10:41 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.390° S, 70.931° 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
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 34°, dip 79°, rake 75°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 268°, dip 18°, rake 142°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4558 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4556 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away

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