M4.0 earthquake 149 km ENE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 149 km ENE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, May 15, 2014, 7:01 PM GMT-4 (23:01 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 115 km ESE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-15 23:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 119.0 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.477° S, 68.951° 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
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5115 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4466 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4465 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0124 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4465 days ago · 100 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4462 days ago · 112 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000qppj. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.