M4.5 earthquake 115 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 115 km E of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 6:18 AM GMT-3 (09:18 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 73 km NNE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-21 09:18:08 UTC
- Depth
- 110.6 km (68.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.121° S, 69.050° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 80
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.473 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4377 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 4.3118 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4367 days ago · 106 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4367 days ago · 98 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4361 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4360 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.4135 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4353 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sep1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.