Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 92 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 92 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 16, 2014, 11:05 PM GMT-3 (02:05 UTC), 15 km (9 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 02:05:56 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.971° S, 71.000° 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 153°, dip 66°, rake 93°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 326°, dip 24°, rake 84°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
147°
Stations used
33

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 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.254 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.1117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4581 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.371 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.482 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 6.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 19
  7. 5.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 5.172 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.484 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.789 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.865 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  41. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  45. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 18
  53. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.566 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 5.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.269 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 5.159 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.052 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.881 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 4.753 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 4.984 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.151 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 4.667 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.469 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 4.174 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.558 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 4.660 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.853 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 4.185 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 4.563 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 4.964 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ndtz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.