M4.1 earthquake 64 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 64 km W of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Sep 17, 2014, 6:59 PM GMT-3 (21:59 UTC), 39 km (24 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-17 21:59:36 UTC
- Depth
- 39.2 km (24.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.208° S, 70.771° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- 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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4395 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4387 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4372 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0129 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4364 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.896 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4361 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.298 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4359 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.757 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4357 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.991 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4348 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4402 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.954 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4409 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.480 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4417 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4420 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.382 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4425 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4425 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sgeb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC.