Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 29 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 29 km W of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 6:08 AM GMT-3 (09:08 UTC), 10 km (6 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 09:08:55 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.261° S, 70.423° 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
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 2°, dip 32°, rake 128°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 140°, dip 65°, rake 69°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
134

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. 4.321 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.099 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 5.468 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.698 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.584 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 4.343 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.496 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.355 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.189 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.684 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 4.187 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 4.3115 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 3.986 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 4.283 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 3.982 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.263 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 4.595 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.697 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.879 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.571 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.617 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 5.071 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 4.075 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 5.366 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 5.049 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 4.781 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 6.479 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 5.150 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.9102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 4.858 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 4.875 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 4.677 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p2kb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.