Chile earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 89 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 89 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Dec 2, 2014, 11:29 PM GMT-3 (02:29 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 87 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mww), light
Local time
UTC
2014-12-03 02:29:00 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.989° S, 70.968° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.9 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 160°, dip 68°, rake 90°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 339°, dip 22°, rake 89°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
95

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4307 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.3104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4295 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4287 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.155 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4278 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.381 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4266 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away

Before

  1. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4317 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.694 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4318 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.138 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 5.398 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  7. 5.0103 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4328 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.6104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4332 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.991 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4345 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000t2cx. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.