Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 61 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 61 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 16, 2014, 8:08 PM GMT-3 (23:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M8.2 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-03-16 23:08:12 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.130° S, 70.728° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 123°, dip 59°, rake 129°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 245°, dip 48°, rake 43°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
157

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.052 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 5.159 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.269 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 5.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.566 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.7124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.254 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.1117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4581 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 4.371 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 4.482 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 6.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 19
  13. 5.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 5.172 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.484 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 4.789 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 4.865 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  47. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  51. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 18
  59. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.881 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.753 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 4.984 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.151 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 4.667 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.469 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.174 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.558 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.660 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 4.853 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 4.185 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 4.563 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 4.964 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 5.071 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 4.573 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 6.763 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 43 · tsunami flag
  18. 4.0130 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 4.2124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 4.4133 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4582 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nds7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.