M4.6 earthquake 74 km SW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 74 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 7:12 PM GMT-4 (23:12 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 90 km WNW 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 (mww), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-19 23:12:54 UTC
- Depth
- 22.3 km (13.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.729° S, 70.614° 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.
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
- 4.6 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 178°, dip 70°, rake 98°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 335°, dip 21°, rake 69°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.382 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4420 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.954 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4409 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4402 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4395 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4394 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4387 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.023 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.895 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.272 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 23
- 4.390 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4434 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.961 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4443 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.265 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4444 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.532 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4446 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.435 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4446 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.489 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4450 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.918 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4454 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.046 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4454 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s4fd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC.