Chile earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 87 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 87 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 8:11 AM GMT-3 (11:11 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
5.1 (mwr), moderate
Local time
UTC
2014-04-02 11:11:34 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.988° S, 70.952° 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
5.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 164°, dip 78°, rake 93°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 329°, dip 13°, rake 75°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
327

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. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.177 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.572 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 4.598 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.2147 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.453 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 4.093 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.284 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 4.072 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 4.481 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 4.389 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.0111 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 5.334 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 4.398 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 4.5105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 4.253 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 4.499 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  29. 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 5.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 30
  33. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  35. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 5.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 5.577 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 4.794 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 4.881 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 4.686 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 4.696 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 4.875 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 6.479 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 4.781 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 5.485 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.0108 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.966 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.2102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.399 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 4.3132 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 5.064 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 4.397 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 4.3Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.712 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 4.393 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 5.171 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.1102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p0k2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC.