Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 67 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 67 km W of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Mar 18, 2014, 11:35 AM GMT-3 (14:35 UTC), 14 km (9 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: 5.0 (Mwr, regional moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Mar 18, 2014, 11:35 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2014-03-18 14:35:56 UTC
Depth: 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.193° S, 70.794° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 3
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.0	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.068 · 21 stations
5.11	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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: 5.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 162°, dip 67°, rake 100°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 317°, dip 25°, rake 67°

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: 219

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nfi1 (also filed as iscgem604173106). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:10 AM UTC.