Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 84 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 84 km W of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 8:29 AM GMT-3 (11:29 UTC), 17 km (10 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
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-03-17 11:29:33 UTC
Depth
16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.129° S, 70.954° 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
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 9°, dip 30°, rake 108°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 169°, dip 62°, rake 80°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
42

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 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  16. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  20. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 18
  28. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 4.8109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 13
  53. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.865 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.789 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 4.484 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 5.172 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 5.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 6.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 19
  20. 4.482 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ne1x. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.