Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 74 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 74 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Mar 29, 2014, 7:02 AM GMT-3 (10:02 UTC), 10 km (6 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
3.9 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-03-29 10:02:46 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.026° S, 70.838° 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
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 123°, dip 67°, rake 113°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 255°, dip 32°, rake 47°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
168°
Stations used
31

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 153 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  8. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 5.1105 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 5.392 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 5.169 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 5.264 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 4.957 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 5.451 km W of Puerto, Chile · 4562 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 5.450 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 4.679 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 4.438 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 4.160 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 4.769 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 4.696 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 4.3109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 4.5112 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 4.5153 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 5.2113 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 4.760 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 4.651 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 4.799 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 4.967 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 4.469 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 4.144 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 4.585 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 4.083 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 4.478 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 4.2114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 4.598 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 4.6112 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 4.993 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 4.1Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 4.2120 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 4.9115 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 4.494 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 4.433 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 4.564 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 4.433 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 4.495 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 4.489 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 4.6106 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4568 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000nvui. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:57 AM UTC.