Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 93 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 93 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, May 5, 2014, 1:54 AM GMT-4 (05:54 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 119 km SW of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-05-05 05:54:26 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.867° S, 70.963° 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 333°, dip 24°, rake 81°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 163°, dip 67°, rake 94°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
137

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 129 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.2118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.9119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.0119 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 4.8117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.1118 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.2122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 5.465 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.379 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.0122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4524 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4523 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 4.575 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 3.962 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 4.690 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4522 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.278 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 4.195 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4520 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.129 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4519 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 4.089 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4518 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4518 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4517 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 4.591 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 5.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 4.5113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 4.6102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4515 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 5.681 km WNW of Puerto, Chile · 4512 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4512 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 4.679 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4512 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 4.060 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4507 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 4.0101 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4503 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 4.096 km S of Arica, Chile · 4503 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4502 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 4.2139 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4501 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 4.656 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4500 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 4.9103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4500 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 4.162 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4498 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 4.3119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4497 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 4.295 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4494 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4493 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 4.184 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4493 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 4.699 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4493 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4493 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 4.916 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4492 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 4.3102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4492 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 4.2114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4490 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 4.171 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4489 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 4.095 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 4.4104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 4.472 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4480 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 3.896 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4479 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 4.268 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4479 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 3.969 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4479 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 4.175 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4479 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 5.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4479 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  55. 4.682 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4479 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 5.885 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4478 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  57. 5.282 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4478 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 4.5120 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4478 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 5.692 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4477 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4477 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.595 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.551 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4524 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4525 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 4.8106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4527 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.3115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 4.3105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.397 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 4.679 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  20. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4531 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000qa77. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC.