Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 69 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 16, 2014, 9:55 PM GMT-3 (00:55 UTC), 9 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-03-17 00:55:03 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.016° S, 70.777° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 294°, dip 31°, rake 90°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 114°, dip 59°, rake 90°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
141°
Stations used
56

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 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.566 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.7124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.254 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 4.1117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4581 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.371 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 4.482 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 6.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 19
  10. 5.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 5.172 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 4.484 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.789 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.865 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  44. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  48. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 18
  56. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 5.159 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.052 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.881 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 4.753 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.984 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.151 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.667 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.469 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.174 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 4.558 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.660 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 4.853 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.185 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 4.563 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.964 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 5.071 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 4.573 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 6.763 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 43 · tsunami flag

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ndt5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.