Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 80 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 80 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Aug 27, 2014, 2:13 PM GMT-4 (18:13 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 73 km NNE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-08-27 18:13:34 UTC
Depth
40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.694° S, 70.686° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 3.3 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.38
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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4401 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4394 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4393 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4385 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 5.473 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4375 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  6. 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4374 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4374 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4370 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.0129 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4362 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.757 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4356 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4418 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.023 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4425 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.895 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.272 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 23
  6. 4.390 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4433 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.185 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4440 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 3.961 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4442 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.265 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4442 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 4.532 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4444 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 4.435 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4445 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sae0. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC.