Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 66 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 66 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 17, 2014, 4:05 PM GMT-3 (19:05 UTC), 8 km (5 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
4.8 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-03-17 19:05:26 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.017° S, 70.756° 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
4.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 351°, dip 16°, rake 116°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 145°, dip 75°, rake 83°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
275

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 4
  12. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 18
  20. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 4.8109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 13
  45. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  46. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 4.473 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nejs. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC.