Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 73 km NW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 73 km NW of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Apr 6, 2014, 5:55 PM GMT-3 (20:55 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
4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-04-06 20:55:53 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.778° S, 70.682° 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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 336°, dip 76°, rake 46°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 232°, dip 45°, rake 160°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4560 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 4.2153 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4561 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 4.296 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 3.983 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4561 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 4.238 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 4.1114 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 4.268 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 3.774 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 4.1122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.982 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 4.168 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 4.399 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.877 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4562 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 4.474 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 3.8107 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 4562 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 4.211 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 4.677 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4562 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000p81b. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC.