Chile earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 66 km SSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 66 km SSW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 2:51 AM GMT-3 (05:51 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 70 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mwr), moderate
Local time: Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 2:51 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2014-04-03 05:51:44 UTC
Depth: 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.759° S, 70.417° W
Region: Chile
Strongest shaking: V, moderate 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: V, moderate 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

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: 5.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 340°, dip 19°, rake 82°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 168°, dip 71°, rake 93°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap: 81°
Stations used: 603

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 172.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p2dx (also filed as iscgem609948332). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC.