M4.3 earthquake 86 km WNW of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 86 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 12:13 AM GMT-3 (03:13 UTC), 24 km (15 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-11 03:13:30 UTC
- Depth
- 24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.925° S, 70.918° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 54
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4395 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4394 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4387 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4372 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.0129 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4364 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.896 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4361 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.757 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4357 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.991 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4347 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 4.480 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4416 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4420 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.382 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.023 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4426 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.895 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4428 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.272 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.314 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4430 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 23
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sb9v. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.