Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 117 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 24, 2014, 8:04 AM GMT-3 (11:04 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 85 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-24 11:04:00 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.942° S, 71.237° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 345°, dip 43°, rake 88°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 167°, dip 47°, rake 92°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
130°
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: 87 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4541 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4539 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4537 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 4.6119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4532 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 4.2118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4532 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 3.9119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4532 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 4.0119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4532 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 4.8117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4532 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 4.1118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4532 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 4.2122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4532 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 4.0122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4531 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 4.575 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 3.962 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4530 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 4.278 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 4.195 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 4.129 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 4.089 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 4.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 4.591 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 5.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 4.5113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 4.6102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  51. 5.681 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 4520 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 4.679 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 4.060 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 4.0101 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4511 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4509 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 4.2139 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4509 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 4.656 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4508 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 4.9103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4508 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 4.162 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4506 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 5.3113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.285 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 4.198 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4548 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away

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