M5.3 earthquake 96 km SSE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 96 km SSE of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Jan 7, 2014, 12:43 AM GMT-3 (03:43 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 77 km SW 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
- 5.3 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-07 03:43:23 UTC
- Depth
- 97.3 km (60.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.989° S, 69.729° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 17°, dip 65°, rake -91°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 200°, dip 25°, rake -87°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.777 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4649 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 4.351 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4646 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.377 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4644 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.07 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4644 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.394 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4638 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.0103 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4635 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.891 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4635 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.0105 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile · 4621 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.5147 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4612 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ly19 (also filed as iscgem603932277). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC.