Chile earthquakes

M5.5 earthquake 77 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 77 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 12:11 AM GMT-3 (03:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 79 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.5 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 12:11 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2014-04-03 03:11:14 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.640° S, 70.733° W
Region: Chile
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.5	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.035 · 296 stations
5.55	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 82°
Stations used: 105

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p28l (also filed as iscgem604399523). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:41 AM UTC.