M4.1 earthquake 95 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 95 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:43 AM GMT-4 (05:43 UTC), 105 km (65 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-17 05:43:37 UTC
- Depth
- 104.6 km (65.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.067° S, 69.248° 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
- ±0.20
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.9105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4427 days ago · 103 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.6116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4422 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
- 4.6141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4421 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4393 days ago · 111 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.473 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4377 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 4.4141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4431 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 23
- 4.276 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4432 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6143 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4439 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.6153 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4452 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.918 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4454 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s3ii. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.