Chile earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 93 km SW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 93 km SW of Iquique, Chile on Wed, Apr 9, 2014, 8:06 AM GMT-3 (11:06 UTC), 14 km (9 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
4.6 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-04-09 11:06:14 UTC
Depth
13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
20.838° S, 70.757° 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
4.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 317°, dip 42°, rake 78°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 152°, dip 49°, rake 100°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
112

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.280 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 4.299 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.581 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.371 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 5.085 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4553 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 4.298 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 6.271 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.984 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.982 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 5.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.973 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4552 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 4.357 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 4.180 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 4.076 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 4.0106 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 4.3100 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 4.385 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 5.573 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4550 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 4.374 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 5.188 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 4.234 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 4.691 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4549 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 4.384 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 4.045 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 5.366 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 4.777 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 5.157 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 4.281 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 4.774 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 3.995 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4548 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 5.173 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 4.975 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 4.574 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4547 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 4.1100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 4.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4546 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 4.168 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 4.053 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4545 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 4.595 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 4.083 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4544 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 5.883 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4543 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 4.079 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.895 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4542 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 3.893 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 4.093 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4540 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 4.882 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 5.189 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4539 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 4.679 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 4.082 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4538 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 3.885 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4536 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 3.979 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4535 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 4.291 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4533 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 5.088 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 4.386 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 4.279 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4529 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 4.382 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 4.231 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4528 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 4.156 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 4.241 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4554 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.176 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 4.397 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 5.687 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 4.0Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4555 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.747 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.861 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.364 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.090 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4555 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.423 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 4.490 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 5.178 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 5.467 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 5.773 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 4.589 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 4.693 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4556 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.9Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4557 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 4.596 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 5.292 km WSW of Iquique, Chile · 4557 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away

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