M4.6 earthquake 141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 10:39 AM GMT-4 (14:39 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-24 14:39:59 UTC
- Depth
- 113.8 km (70.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.785° S, 68.933° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Alto Hospicio, Iquique, La Tirana and Pozo Almonte.
From the USGS event page for usb000s5uy. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- 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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4117 km N of Calama, Chile · 4404 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6148 km N of Calama, Chile · 4404 days ago · 132 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4393 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.0153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4373 days ago · 145 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3118 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4367 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4367 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 4361 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.0145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4361 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 5.6116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4422 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 4.195 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 122 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.276 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4432 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.6143 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4440 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s5uy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC.