Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 64 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 64 km W of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 5:25 AM GMT-3 (08:25 UTC), 17 km (11 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
5.0 (mwr), moderate
Local time
UTC
2014-04-02 08:25:52 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.205° S, 70.765° 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
5.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 19°, dip 21°, rake 123°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 164°, dip 73°, rake 78°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.399 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.2102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.966 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 4.0108 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 5.485 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.177 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.572 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 4.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 4.598 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.2147 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.453 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.093 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 4.284 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.072 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 4.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 4.481 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 4.389 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 4.0111 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 5.334 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 4.398 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 4.5105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 4.253 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 4.499 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 5.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 30
  41. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  43. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 5.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 5.577 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 4.794 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 4.881 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 4.686 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 4.696 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.397 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 4.3Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.712 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 4.393 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 5.171 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.1102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.878 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 4.385 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.1122 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 4.894 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.577 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 4.288 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 4.5115 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.1113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 4.479 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p0f5. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC.