Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 73 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 73 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 8:55 PM GMT-3 (23:55 UTC), 21 km (13 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 23:55:48 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.962° S, 70.796° 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
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 51°, dip 10°, rake 153°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 167°, dip 85°, rake 81°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_MODELING_OF_BROAD_BAND_P_WAVEFORMS
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

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 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4574 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4574 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  17. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  47. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 5.1105 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 5.392 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 5.169 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 5.264 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 4.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 4.957 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 13
  10. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away

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