Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 74 km W of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 74 km W of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 8:58 AM GMT-3 (11:58 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 11:58:25 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.330° S, 70.849° 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
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 23°, dip 59°, rake 52°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 260°, dip 47°, rake 136°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.279 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.994 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.390 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 4.030 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  35. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 4.214 km SSE of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 4.356 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 4.083 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away

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