Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 69 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 5:51 AM GMT-3 (08:51 UTC), 13 km (8 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
4.7 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-03-17 08:51:04 UTC
Depth
12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.988° S, 70.768° 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
4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 270°, dip 28°, rake 123°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 53°, dip 67°, rake 74°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
141

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  20. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  24. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 18
  32. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 4.8109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 13
  57. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 4.865 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 4.789 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 4.484 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 5.172 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 5.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 6.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 19
  16. 4.482 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 4.371 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 4.1117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4583 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 4.254 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.7124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ndz0. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:51 AM UTC.