Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Oct 17, 2014, 10:57 AM GMT-3 (13:57 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-10-17 13:57:37 UTC
Depth
97.8 km (60.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.552° S, 69.079° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.3 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.36
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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 4362 days ago · 120 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.0145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4361 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.5106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4361 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.2152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4359 days ago · 140 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.5139 km N of Calama, Chile · 4339 days ago · 134 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 4.469 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4337 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.1140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4337 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 4.1132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4331 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 4.696 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4329 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.9146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4328 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 4322 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4309 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 104 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 108 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 4.3118 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4367 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.0153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4373 days ago · 145 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4393 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away

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