Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Oct 23, 2014, 7:41 AM GMT-3 (10:41 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 93 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-10-23 10:41:45 UTC
Depth
111.1 km (69.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.917° S, 68.973° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.5106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4361 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.2152 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4359 days ago · 140 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.085 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4350 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 5.693 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4343 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.5139 km N of Calama, Chile · 4339 days ago · 134 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 4.1140 km N of Calama, Chile · 4337 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.299 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4333 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.472 km N of Calama, Chile · 4333 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 4.1132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4331 days ago · 107 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.696 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4329 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  11. 4.9146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4328 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 4.0127 km N of Calama, Chile · 4321 days ago · 125 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4309 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 104 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 3.8120 km N of Calama, Chile · 4306 days ago · 110 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 4.8135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  18. 4.5162 km N of Calama, Chile · 4305 days ago · 126 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 4361 days ago · 120 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4367 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 4.3118 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4367 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.0153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 4373 days ago · 145 km deep · 53 km away

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