Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 114 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 114 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Apr 5, 2014, 4:49 PM GMT-3 (19:49 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 83 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-05 19:49:47 UTC
Depth
21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.407° S, 70.831° 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
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 344°, dip 71°, rake -83°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 144°, dip 20°, rake -109°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
111°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4564 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4564 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4563 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 4.2153 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 4.370 km W of Arica, Chile · 4556 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 4.1119 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 4.0Off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4553 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 4.082 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 4.1105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 132.

Before

  1. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4565 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4565 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.8107 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4566 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 4.4Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4566 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 5.242 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.1103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.488 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 4.395 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 4.943 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.672 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 4.181 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 4.2110 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 4.0126 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 4.887 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4566 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away

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