Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 77 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 77 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 4:54 AM GMT-3 (07:54 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 71 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 07:54:19 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.932° S, 70.825° 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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 8°, dip 39°, rake 105°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 168°, dip 53°, rake 78°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
115

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.8107 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 4.2153 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 4.0126 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away

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