M4.2 earthquake 65 km WSW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 6:42 AM GMT-4 (10:42 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km ENE of Iquique, 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
- 2014-07-31 10:42:17 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.533° S, 70.679° 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: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.961 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4443 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.390 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4434 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 23
- 4.272 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.895 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.023 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.382 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4419 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.480 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4416 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.954 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4409 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4402 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4395 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4394 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4387 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 4.532 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4445 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.435 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4446 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.696 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4446 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4446 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.489 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4450 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.918 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4453 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.046 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4454 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4457 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.075 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4457 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.330 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4460 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 5.521 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4461 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 19
- 4.976 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4466 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.387 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4467 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.590 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4470 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4470 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.298 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4473 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
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