Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 95 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 95 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, May 4, 2014, 10:52 PM GMT-4 (02:52 UTC), 11 km (7 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
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-05-05 02:52:03 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.938° S, 71.012° 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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 337°, dip 26°, rake 83°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 165°, dip 65°, rake 93°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 149 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.593 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.6119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.2118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.9119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.0119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.8117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 4.1118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.2122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.0122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4528 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 4.575 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.962 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 4.278 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.195 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 4.129 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 4.089 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 4.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4521 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 4.591 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 5.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 4.5113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 4.6102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 5.681 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 4516 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4516 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 4.679 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4516 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 4.060 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4512 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 4.0101 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4508 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 4.096 km S of Arica, Chile · 4508 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4506 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 4.2139 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4505 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 4.656 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4505 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 4.9103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4505 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 4.162 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4502 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 4.3119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4501 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 4.295 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4498 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4498 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 4.184 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4498 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 4.699 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4497 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4497 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 4.916 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4497 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 4.3102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4496 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 4.2114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4495 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 4.171 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4494 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 4.095 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4487 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 4.4104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4487 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 4.472 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4484 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 3.896 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 4.268 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 3.969 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 4.175 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 5.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  57. 4.682 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 5.885 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
  59. 5.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 4.5120 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4532 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 4.679 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 4.7Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4535 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away

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