M4.6 earthquake 96 km E of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 96 km E of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Nov 24, 2014, 4:23 PM GMT-3 (19:23 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-24 19:23:46 UTC
- Depth
- 97.6 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.090° S, 69.232° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Huara and Pozo Almonte; (III) at Alto Hospicio, Iquique, La Tirana, Pica; (II) at Camina and Pisagua.
From the USGS event page for usb000szme. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.5 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9146 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4331 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3Chile-Bolivia border region · 4312 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.7126 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4310 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.2123 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4309 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.8135 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4308 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8143 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4297 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 4.8126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4285 days ago · 107 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2140 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4283 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.940 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4274 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.0111 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 4273 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000szme. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.