M4.2 earthquake 31 km W of Iquique, Chile

Magnitude

4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Thu, Apr 3, 2014, 8:13 PM GMT-3

UTC

2014-04-03 23:13:20 UTC

Depth

30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

20.176° S, 70.445° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Oblique normal

Moment magnitude

4.2 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 121°, dip 11°, rake -142°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 354°, dip 83°, rake -82°

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

FROM_MODELING_OF_BROAD_BAND_P_WAVEFORMS

Station coverage gap

127°

Stations used

42

• Iquique, ChilePopulation 199,587. Forecast31 kmW
• Arequipa, PeruPopulation 1,195,700. Forecast436 kmSSE

After

1. 3.986 km NNW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 8:16 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
2. 4.752 km W of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 8:37 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
3. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileThu, Apr 3, 8:40 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
4. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 9:29 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
5. 6.370 km SW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 10:37 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
6. 4.478 km SW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 12:18 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
7. 4.283 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 12:45 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
8. 4.366 km W of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 1:53 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
9. 3.982 km SW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 3:06 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
10. 4.189 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
11. 3.830 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 4:23 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
12. 3.979 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 4:25 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
13. 4.486 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 4:42 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
14. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 4:57 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
15. 5.293 km W of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 6:38 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
16. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 6:53 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
17. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
18. 3.9Tarapaca, ChileFri, Apr 4, 11:20 AM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
19. 4.2104 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 12:12 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
20. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 12:20 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
21. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 12:52 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
22. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 1:02 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
23. 4.0126 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 1:45 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
24. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 2:21 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
25. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 2:36 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
26. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 3:07 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
27. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 5:55 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
28. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
29. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 9:11 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
30. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 9:33 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
31. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 10:03 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
32. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 10:36 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
33. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 11:05 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
34. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 11:17 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
35. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 11:48 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
36. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 1:05 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
37. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 1:08 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
38. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
39. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 2:28 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
40. 5.242 km W of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 2:44 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
41. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileSat, Apr 5, 3:32 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
42. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
43. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:54 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
44. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 5:16 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
45. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
46. 4.474 km W of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 8:58 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
47. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileSat, Apr 5, 9:16 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
48. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 11:04 AM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
49. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, ChileSat, Apr 5, 1:19 PM GMT-3 · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
50. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 2:46 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
51. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 2:49 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
52. 3.982 km W of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 3:41 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
53. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 3:48 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
54. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
55. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:21 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
56. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:23 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
57. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:49 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
58. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 5:20 PM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
59. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
60. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 4:36 AM GMT-3 · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 4.2Off the coast of Tarapaca, ChileThu, Apr 3, 8:04 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
2. 3.942 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 8:01 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
3. 4.3115 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 6:14 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
4. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 6:08 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
5. 4.572 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 5:39 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
6. 4.152 km WNW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 5:28 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
7. 4.674 km SW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 5:27 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
8. 4.070 km SW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 4:32 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
9. 4.182 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 4:17 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
10. 4.473 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 3:56 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
11. 4.341 km WNW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 3:29 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
12. 4.063 km W of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 3:24 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
13. 4.187 km NW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 3:20 PM GMT-3 · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
14. 4.386 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 1:08 PM GMT-3 · 4564 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
15. 4.280 km SW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 12:43 PM GMT-3 · 4564 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
16. 4.987 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 12:08 PM GMT-3 · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
17. 4.5Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileThu, Apr 3, 11:52 AM GMT-3 · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
18. 4.887 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 11:34 AM GMT-3 · 4564 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
19. 4.5107 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 11:10 AM GMT-3 · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
20. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 3, 11:01 AM GMT-3 · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p44n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC.