M4.6 earthquake 73 km SW of Iquique, Chile

Magnitude

4.6 (mwr), light

Local time

Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 2:28 AM GMT-3

UTC

2014-04-05 05:28:57 UTC

Depth

18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

20.630° S, 70.693° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

4.6 Mwr

Nodal plane 1

Strike 157°, dip 90°, rake 101°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 249°, dip 11°, rake 2°

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION

Station coverage gap

99°

Stations used

91

• Iquique, ChilePopulation 199,587. Forecast73 kmSW
• Arequipa, PeruPopulation 1,195,700. Forecast479 kmS

After

1. 5.242 km W of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 2:44 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
2. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileSat, Apr 5, 3:32 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
3. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
4. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:54 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
5. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 5:16 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
6. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 5:44 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
7. 4.474 km W of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 8:58 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
8. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileSat, Apr 5, 9:16 AM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
9. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 11:04 AM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
10. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 2:46 PM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
11. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 2:49 PM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
12. 3.982 km W of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 3:41 PM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
13. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:09 PM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
14. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:21 PM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
15. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 4:23 PM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
16. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 5:20 PM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
17. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 4:10 AM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
18. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 4:36 AM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
19. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 6:06 AM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
20. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 7:20 AM GMT-3 · 4553 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
21. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 10:46 AM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
22. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 11:06 AM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
23. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 11:26 AM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
24. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileSun, Apr 6, 1:54 PM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
25. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 5:55 PM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
26. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, ChileSun, Apr 6, 7:33 PM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
27. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 3:24 AM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
28. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 6:45 AM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
29. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 7:41 AM GMT-3 · 4552 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
30. 5.773 km W of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 10:43 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
31. 5.467 km W of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 10:47 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
32. 5.178 km W of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 11:03 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
33. 4.490 km W of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 11:23 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
34. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 2:46 PM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
35. 4.090 km W of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 6:39 PM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
36. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 10:03 PM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
37. 4.030 km ESE of Iquique, ChileMon, Apr 7, 10:53 PM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
38. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 2:20 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
39. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 2:40 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
40. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 2:43 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
41. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 4:01 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
42. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 4:32 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
43. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, ChileTue, Apr 8, 4:55 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
44. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 7:14 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
45. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 7:30 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
46. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 8:03 AM GMT-3 · 4551 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
47. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, ChileTue, Apr 8, 10:11 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
48. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 1:32 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
49. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 1:44 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
50. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 4:32 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
51. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 4:49 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
52. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 4:52 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
53. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 6:54 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
54. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 8:06 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
55. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 8:14 AM GMT-3 · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
56. 4.025 km N of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 9:20 AM GMT-3 · 4549 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
57. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 11:44 AM GMT-3 · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
58. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, ChileWed, Apr 9, 9:10 PM GMT-3 · 4549 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
59. 4.371 km W of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 10, 8:48 AM GMT-3 · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
60. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, ChileThu, Apr 10, 2:14 PM GMT-3 · 4548 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

1. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 1:41 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
2. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 1:08 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
3. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, ChileSat, Apr 5, 1:05 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
4. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 11:17 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
5. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 11:05 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
6. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 10:36 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
7. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 10:03 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
8. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 9:33 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
9. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 9:11 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
10. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 7:39 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
11. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 5:55 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
12. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 3:07 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
13. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 2:36 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
14. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 1:02 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
15. 4.499 km WSW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 12:52 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
16. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 12:20 PM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
17. 3.9Tarapaca, ChileFri, Apr 4, 11:20 AM GMT-3 · 4554 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
18. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 7:01 AM GMT-3 · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
19. 4.874 km SW of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 6:53 AM GMT-3 · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
20. 5.293 km W of Iquique, ChileFri, Apr 4, 6:38 AM GMT-3 · 4555 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p6af. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.