Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 92 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 92 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 6:08 PM GMT-3 (21:08 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 83 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-03 21:08:14 UTC
Depth
23.9 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.686° S, 70.838° 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
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 349°, dip 26°, rake 115°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 142°, dip 67°, rake 79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.986 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.752 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 4.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 5.293 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 4.0126 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 3.8107 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

  1. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.3110 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4564 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 4.0106 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.063 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.187 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.361 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.955 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 4.551 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 4.192 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 4.983 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 4.0122 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 4.2108 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4565 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p3xf. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.