Chile earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 47 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Apr 8, 2014, 4:01 AM GMT-3 (07:01 UTC), 29 km (18 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), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-04-08 07:01:29 UTC
Depth
29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.064° S, 70.580° 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
3.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 28°, dip 33°, rake 131°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 162°, dip 66°, rake 67°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
188°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.394 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4557 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 4.1109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.265 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.997 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 4.379 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 4.693 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.025 km N of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 4.293 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 4.4103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 4.0115 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 4.688 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 4.5102 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.880 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.030 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 4.562 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4558 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.173 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4559 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.145 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4559 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000paf3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.