Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 98 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 98 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 7:40 PM GMT-3 (22:40 UTC), 17 km (11 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
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2014-03-23 22:40:28 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.773° S, 70.969° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
160°
Stations used
33

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 113 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.473 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4572 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4571 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  18. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4569 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4567 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 4.080 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 4.161 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 8.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 357 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  48. 4.280 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 5.047 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 6.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 5.879 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 5.776 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 5.695 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 5.6100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 5.1105 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 5.392 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 5.169 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 4.967 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 5.264 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 4.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 13
  9. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4572 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p0sr. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.