Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 11 km SE of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 5:16 AM GMT-3 (08:16 UTC), 55 km (34 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
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 08:16:32 UTC
Depth
55.0 km (34.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.277° S, 70.060° 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 3°, dip 23°, rake 98°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 175°, dip 67°, rake 87°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
73

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4558 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.191 km E of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 4.030 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 61 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4557 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.885 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 3.9Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 58 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 4.539 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

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