Chile earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 72 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 72 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Mar 18, 2014, 11:18 AM GMT-3 (14:18 UTC), 9 km (6 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
4.9 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-03-18 14:18:34 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.159° S, 70.843° 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
4.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 147°, dip 88°, rake 90°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 318°, dip 3°, rake 81°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_MODELING_OF_BROAD_BAND_P_WAVEFORMS
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
105

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  2. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  6. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.783 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4578 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 18
  14. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 4.8109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 13
  39. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 4.473 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4574 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4579 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nfgx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.