Chile earthquakes

M6.4 earthquake 79 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 79 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 2:26 AM GMT-3 (05:26 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.4 (mww), strong
Local time: Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 2:26 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2014-04-03 05:26:15 UTC
Depth: 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.797° S, 70.587° W
Region: Chile
Strongest shaking: VI, strong shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

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

Strongest estimated: VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 10.6% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.9 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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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

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: 6.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 170°, dip 67°, rake 89°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 353°, dip 23°, rake 92°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap: 35°
Stations used: 711

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.4 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 188.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p2cs (also filed as iscgem604399530). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.