Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 97 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 97 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:07 PM GMT-3 (20:07 UTC), 18 km (11 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
2014-03-23 20:07:12 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.720° S, 70.921° 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 331°, dip 37°, rake 74°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 171°, dip 54°, rake 102°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
133°
Stations used
44

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 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.473 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
  24. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  54. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 13
  3. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 4.8109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away

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