M5.6 earthquake 116 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 116 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Aug 23, 2014, 12:45 AM GMT-4 (04:45 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-23 04:45:32 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.174° S, 69.038° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 6
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
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
- 5.6 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 165°, dip 89°, rake 95°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 261°, dip 5°, rake 6°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- Stations used
- 190
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4419 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4391 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.473 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4375 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3118 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4365 days ago · 106 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4365 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 3.9105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4425 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.195 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 105 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 122 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.276 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.6143 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4437 days ago · 115 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s5lt (also filed as iscgem610572053). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC.