Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 63 km WSW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 63 km WSW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 5:44 AM GMT-3 (08:44 UTC), 21 km (13 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-03 08:44:03 UTC
Depth
21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.497° S, 70.681° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 344°, dip 41°, rake 103°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 147°, dip 50°, rake 78°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
113°
Stations used
59

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.529 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.099 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 5.468 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 4.698 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 4.584 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 4.496 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 4.189 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.684 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 4.187 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 4.3115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 4.283 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 3.982 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.617 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 5.071 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 4.781 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 6.479 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.875 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.549 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p2j0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC.