Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 74 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 74 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 16, 2014, 6:52 PM GMT-3 (21:52 UTC), 28 km (18 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
4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-03-16 21:52:38 UTC
Depth
28.4 km (17.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.833° S, 70.735° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.52
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
143°
Stations used
26

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.469 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.667 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.151 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 4.984 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.753 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 4.881 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 4.561 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.052 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 5.159 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.269 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 5.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.566 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.7124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 4.254 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 4.1117 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4582 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 4.371 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.482 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 6.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 19
  20. 5.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 5.172 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 4.484 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 4.789 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 4.865 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 4.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 4.092 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 4.070 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 4.580 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 4.365 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 5.268 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 4.769 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 4.175 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 4.985 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 4.484 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 4.184 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 4.078 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 4.468 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 4.477 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 4.094 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 4.866 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 4.497 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 4.661 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 4.596 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 4.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 5.067 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  54. 4.3125 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 4.6101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 4.377 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 5.874 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  58. 4.065 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 4.158 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.558 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.660 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.853 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.185 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.563 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.964 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 5.071 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 4.573 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 6.763 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4582 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 43 · tsunami flag
  11. 4.0130 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.2124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4583 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.4133 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4583 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 4.7130 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 4.2127 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4584 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 4.1124 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4611 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 4.0122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4611 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away

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