Chile earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 91 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 91 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, Nov 4, 2014, 7:31 PM GMT-3 (22:31 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 98 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.9 (mww), light
Local time
UTC
2014-11-04 22:31:35 UTC
Depth
14.6 km (9.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.939° S, 70.977° 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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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
4.9 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 158°, dip 71°, rake 85°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 352°, dip 20°, rake 102°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.8 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
91

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4332 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 5.0103 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4328 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 5.398 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4321 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.487 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.138 km SSW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 4.1104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4320 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.694 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4318 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.0104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4317 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 4.989 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4317 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 5.187 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4308 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4308 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 4.3104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4295 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.292 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4287 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away

Before

  1. 4.757 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4355 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.896 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 4359 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.0129 km SW of Arica, Chile · 4362 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 4.2103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4370 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.983 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4374 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 5.390 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4374 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000succ. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC.