Chile earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 90 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 90 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Oct 7, 2014, 9:33 AM GMT-3 (12:33 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Oct 7, 2014, 9:33 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2014-10-07 12:33:22 UTC
Depth: 11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.016° S, 70.986° W
Region: Chile
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.3	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.24	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.1	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed
5.3	Mwb, body-wave moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at La Tirana, Mamina and Pozo Almonte; (II) at Alto Hospicio, Arica, Huara and Iquique.

From the USGS event page for usb000sji8. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 5.3 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 149°, dip 71°, rake 85°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 344°, dip 19°, rake 104°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 3.5 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Depth from: FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap: 99°
Stations used: 348

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sji8 (also filed as iscgem610572940). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:44 AM UTC.