Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 78 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 78 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 8:53 AM GMT-3 (11:53 UTC), 18 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
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-02 11:53:11 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.036° S, 70.877° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 150°, dip 45°, rake 77°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 348°, dip 46°, rake 103°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
38

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.177 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.572 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.787 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.598 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.2147 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.453 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.093 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.284 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.072 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.084 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.481 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 4.389 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 4.950 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 4.0111 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 4.337 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.037 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.247 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 5.334 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 4.554 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 4.398 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 4.5105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 4.6Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 4.253 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 4.499 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 4.279 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 4.149 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 5.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 4.5Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 6.545 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 30
  32. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 7.753 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 177 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  34. 4.846 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 5.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 5.047 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 5.577 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 5.453 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 4.794 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 4.364 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 4.881 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 4.686 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 4.696 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 4.875 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 6.479 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 4.781 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 5.485 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.0108 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.966 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 4.2102 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 4.399 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.3132 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.191 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 5.064 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 4.397 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 4.3Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 4.161 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 4.712 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.178 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 4.393 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 5.171 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p0kr. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:18 AM UTC.