M4.2 earthquake 76 km ESE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 76 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Aug 12, 2014, 9:02 PM GMT-4 (01:02 UTC), 79 km (49 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-08-13 01:02:29 UTC
- Depth
- 79.4 km (49.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.434° S, 69.459° 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
- ±0.22
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 23
- 4.4141 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.195 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4427 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.9105 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.6116 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4421 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
- 4.6141 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4419 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.954 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4408 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4391 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.473 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000s67m. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC.