Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 2:30 PM GMT-3 (17:30 UTC), 27 km (17 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-03-24 17:30:45 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.618° S, 70.782° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 329°, dip 35°, rake 75°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 57°, rake 100°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
30

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 134 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  27. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 5.1105 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 5.392 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 5.169 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 5.264 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 4.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 4.957 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 5.451 km W of Puerto, Chile · 4564 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 5.450 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 4.679 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 4.438 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 4.160 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 4.696 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 4.3109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 4.5112 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 5.2113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 4.760 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 4.651 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 4.799 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4564 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 4.967 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 4.469 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 4.144 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 4.585 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 4.083 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  5. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.473 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nn98. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:37 AM UTC.