Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 100 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 100 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 4:59 PM GMT-3 (19:59 UTC), 17 km (10 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
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-03-24 19:59:43 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.571° S, 70.832° 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
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 162°, dip 79°, rake 96°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 311°, dip 13°, rake 60°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
161°
Stations used
24

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 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  23. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 5.1105 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 5.392 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 5.169 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 5.264 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 4.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 4.957 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 5.451 km W of Puerto, Chile · 4564 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 5.450 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 4.679 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 4.438 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 4.160 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 4.696 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 4.3109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 4.5112 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 5.2113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 4.760 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 4.651 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 4.799 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4564 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 4.967 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 4.469 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 4.144 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 4.585 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 4.083 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 4.478 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 4.2114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 4.598 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nnid. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:28 AM UTC.