M4.2 earthquake 172 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 172 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, May 17, 2014, 2:34 AM GMT-4 (06:34 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 156 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-17 06:34:15 UTC
- Depth
- 133.0 km (82.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.911° S, 68.672° 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
- ±0.30
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0147 km N of Calama, Chile · 4513 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0133 km N of Calama, Chile · 4512 days ago · 122 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2Chile-Bolivia border region · 4500 days ago · 134 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.1118 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4499 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4148 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4494 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.497 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4490 days ago · 132 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3137 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4484 days ago · 129 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1127 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4484 days ago · 142 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.7156 km N of Calama, Chile · 4483 days ago · 112 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2128 km N of Calama, Chile · 4470 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5117 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4467 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6132 km N of Calama, Chile · 4467 days ago · 127 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.299 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4526 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0109 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4529 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.277 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4532 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2154 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4535 days ago · 134 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 4544 days ago · 140 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000qs9t. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.