Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 46 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 46 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Jul 20, 2014, 8:21 PM GMT-4 (00:21 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-07-21 00:21:27 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.141° S, 70.587° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
5.0Mww, W-phase momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.08Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.1
4.8Mwr, regional momentUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterMoment tensor · Reviewed

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
5.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 163°, dip 65°, rake 78°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 9°, dip 28°, rake 113°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
305

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.918 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4455 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.489 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4452 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 4.1102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4448 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 4.696 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4448 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.435 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4448 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.532 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4447 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.265 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4445 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.961 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4445 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.185 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4443 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.390 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4436 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4432 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 23
  12. 4.272 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4431 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.895 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.023 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.382 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4421 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 4.480 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4418 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.954 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4411 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4404 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4397 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4396 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4459 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 5.075 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4459 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.330 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4461 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  4. 5.521 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4463 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 19
  5. 4.976 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4468 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.387 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4469 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 4.590 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4471 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4472 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.298 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4475 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.128 km S of Iquique, Chile · 4476 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4477 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.851 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4478 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 4.592 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4480 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.084 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4480 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 4.262 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4481 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.841 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4483 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 3.993 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4484 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away

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