Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Mar 22, 2014, 7:51 PM GMT-3 (22:51 UTC), 19 km (12 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
4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-03-22 22:51:16 UTC
Depth
19.2 km (11.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.735° S, 70.998° 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
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 341°, dip 31°, rake 87°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 164°, dip 59°, rake 92°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
168°
Stations used
19

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 13
  6. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 4.473 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  31. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.8109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 18

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