Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 94 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 94 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Apr 8, 2014, 4:32 AM GMT-3 (07:32 UTC), 13 km (8 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
4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-08 07:32:30 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.962° S, 71.014° 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
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 160°, dip 66°, rake 83°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 357°, dip 25°, rake 105°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
142°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 4.2153 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away

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