Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 32 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 32 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jul 29, 2014, 9:01 AM GMT-4 (13:01 UTC), 29 km (18 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
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-07-29 13:01:33 UTC
Depth
29.3 km (18.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.141° S, 70.447° 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
±0.12
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
88

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.265 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4444 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.961 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4444 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.185 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4442 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.390 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4435 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 23
  6. 4.272 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 4.895 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.023 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 4.382 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4420 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 4.480 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4416 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.954 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4409 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  14. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4402 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4395 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4394 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4387 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 4.435 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4446 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.696 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4447 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.1102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4447 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 4.489 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4450 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 3.918 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4454 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 5.046 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4454 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4457 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 5.075 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4457 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.330 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4460 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  10. 5.521 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4461 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 19
  11. 4.976 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4467 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.387 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4467 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.590 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4470 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4470 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 4.298 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4473 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 4.128 km S of Iquique, Chile · 4474 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4475 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away

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