Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 96 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 96 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Oct 21, 2014, 10:03 PM GMT-3 (01:03 UTC), 42 km (26 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
3.8 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-10-22 01:03:11 UTC
Depth
42.2 km (26.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.744° S, 70.883° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.2 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
191°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.298 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4356 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.757 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4355 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.991 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4345 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.469 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4333 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.6104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4332 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.4179 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4331 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 5.0103 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4328 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 5.398 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 4.138 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.694 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4318 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 4.989 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4317 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4370 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4373 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4373 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4385 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000spnc. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC.