Chile earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 74 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 74 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 4:09 PM GMT-3 (19:09 UTC), 21 km (13 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
3.7 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 19:09:31 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.802° S, 70.708° 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
3.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 2°, dip 24°, rake 102°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 168°, dip 67°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
28

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. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4560 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 4.2153 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 4.199 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.8107 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 3.897 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 3.915 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4563 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.673 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 4.188 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 4.785 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away

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