Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 57 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 57 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 11:52 PM GMT-3 (02:52 UTC), 45 km (28 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
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-10-26 02:52:53 UTC
Depth
44.8 km (27.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.568° S, 70.553° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Alto Hospicio and Iquique; (III) at La Tirana and Pozo Almonte; (II) at Huara and Pica.

From the USGS event page for usb000sqp0. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.991 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4348 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.469 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4337 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.6104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4335 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 5.0103 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4331 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 5.398 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4324 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4323 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 4.138 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4323 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4323 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 4.694 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4321 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 4.989 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4311 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4311 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.3104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4298 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.298 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4359 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.896 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4362 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4373 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4377 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4377 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4388 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sqp0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC.