Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 71 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 71 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 4:15 AM GMT-3 (07:15 UTC), 23 km (15 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
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-03 07:15:40 UTC
Depth
23.4 km (14.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.678° S, 70.632° 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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 318°, dip 23°, rake 65°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 165°, dip 69°, rake 100°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
110°
Stations used
37

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 191 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.099 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 5.468 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 4.698 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 4.584 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.496 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.189 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 4.684 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 4.3115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 4.283 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 3.982 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.617 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 5.071 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.781 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 6.479 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 4.875 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 4.759 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 4.273 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 4.971 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 4.686 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 4.881 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 3.960 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away

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