M4.5 earthquake 76 km W of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 76 km W of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Sep 18, 2014, 3:14 PM GMT-3 (18:14 UTC), 13 km (8 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-18 18:14:15 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.228° S, 70.878° 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 4.6 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 42
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4391 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4380 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4380 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4376 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0129 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4368 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.896 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4366 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.298 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4363 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.757 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4362 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.991 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4352 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4400 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4407 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.954 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4413 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.480 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4421 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.798 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4424 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.382 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4429 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sh1z. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC.