Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 96 km WSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 96 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 6, 2014, 11:26 AM GMT-3 (14:26 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
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-06 14:26:43 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.407° S, 71.052° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
113°
Stations used
38

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4558 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4556 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away

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