Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 109 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 109 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 11:13 PM GMT-3 (02:13 UTC), 23 km (14 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
2014-03-25 02:13:42 UTC
Depth
23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.516° S, 70.890° 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
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 19°, dip 19°, rake 122°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 165°, dip 74°, rake 79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
147°
Stations used
39

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 144 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  17. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 5.1105 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 5.392 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 5.169 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 5.264 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 4.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 4.957 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 5.451 km W of Puerto, Chile · 4562 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 5.450 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 4.679 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 4.438 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 4.160 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 4.696 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 4.3109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 4.5112 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 5.2113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 4.760 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 4.651 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 4.799 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 4.967 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 4.469 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 4.144 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 4.585 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 4.083 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 4.478 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 4.2114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 4.598 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 4.6112 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 4.993 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 4.2120 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 4.9115 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
  15. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000npb3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.