Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 54 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 12:28 AM GMT-3 (03:28 UTC), 11 km (7 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 03:28:21 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.046° S, 70.643° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 134°, dip 53°, rake 125°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 265°, dip 49°, rake 53°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
51

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 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4580 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.371 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.482 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 6.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 19
  5. 5.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 5.172 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.484 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.789 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 4.865 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  39. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  43. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 18
  51. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.7124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.566 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 5.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.269 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 5.159 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 4.052 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.881 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 4.753 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 4.984 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.151 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 4.667 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 4.469 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 4.174 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 4.558 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 4.660 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 4.853 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.185 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ndv7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC.