Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Oct 11, 2014, 5:51 AM GMT-3 (08:51 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 98 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-10-11 08:51:22 UTC
Depth
15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.917° S, 71.092° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 155°, dip 63°, rake 75°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 5°, dip 30°, rake 117°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.1 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
188°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0129 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4361 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.896 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4358 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 4.757 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4354 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.991 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4344 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.6104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4331 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 5.0103 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4327 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 5.398 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4319 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4319 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 4.694 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4317 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 4.989 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4316 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4373 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4373 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4384 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.576 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4391 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 4.164 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4392 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sl2a. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC.