M4.6 earthquake 143 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 143 km E of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Aug 5, 2014, 5:33 PM GMT-4 (21:33 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 116 km E 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-05 21:33:01 UTC
- Depth
- 115.3 km (71.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.247° S, 68.781° 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
- ±0.32
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.276 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.4141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 122 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.195 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.9105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4425 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.6116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4420 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
- 4.6141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4419 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 4401 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4391 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s0ls. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.