Chile earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 71 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 71 km W of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 3:29 AM GMT-3 (06:29 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.7 53 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (Mwr, regional moment), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-02 06:29:16 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.125° S, 70.830° 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
5.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 21°, dip 23°, rake 126°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 163°, dip 71°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
143

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.393 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 4.712 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.3Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.397 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 5.064 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.3132 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4567 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 4.399 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 4.2102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 3.966 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 4.0108 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 5.485 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 4.177 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 4.572 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 4.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 4.598 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 4.2147 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 4.453 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 4.093 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 4.284 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 4.072 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 4.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 4.481 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 4.389 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 4.0111 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 5.334 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 4.398 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 4.5105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 4.253 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 4.499 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 5.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 30
  52. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  54. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 5.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 5.577 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 4.794 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.1102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.878 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.385 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.1122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.6104 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 4.1114 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4567 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.894 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 4.577 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.288 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 4.5115 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.1113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 4.555 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.756 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 5.4106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 4.431 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 5.572 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 5.297 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.687 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away

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