Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 118 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 118 km E of Iquique, Chile on Fri, Oct 17, 2014, 10:15 AM GMT-3 (13:15 UTC), 106 km (66 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
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-10-17 13:15:17 UTC
Depth
105.8 km (65.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.182° S, 69.015° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9117 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4365 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.2157 km N of Calama, Chile · 4359 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.0145 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4359 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.5106 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4358 days ago · 97 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.4135 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 4351 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 4.1132 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4329 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.696 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4326 days ago · 98 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.9146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4326 days ago · 116 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4307 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 104 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4305 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 5.473 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4375 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.5115 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4391 days ago · 111 km deep · 8 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000srpd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.