Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 92 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 92 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 3:31 AM GMT-3 (06:31 UTC), 24 km (15 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
4.3 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-03-25 06:31:23 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.653° S, 70.803° 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
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 328°, dip 21°, rake 73°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 166°, dip 70°, rake 97°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_MODELING_OF_BROAD_BAND_P_WAVEFORMS
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
63

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 145 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  16. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 5.1105 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 5.392 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 5.169 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 5.264 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 4.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 4.957 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 5.451 km W of Puerto, Chile · 4563 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 5.450 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 4.679 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 4.438 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 4.160 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 4.696 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 4.3109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 4.5112 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 5.2113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 4.760 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 4.651 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 4.799 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 4.967 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 4.469 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 4.144 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 4.585 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 4.083 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 4.478 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 4.2114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 4.598 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 4.6112 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 4.993 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 4.2120 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 4.9115 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 4.494 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  16. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000npdx. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC.