January 14, 2002 Earthquake: Cuya, Huara, Iquique, Pozo Almonte, Northern, Chile

Date

January 14, 2002

Time

15:36:26 UTC

Place

Cuya, Huara, Iquique, Pozo Almonte, Northern, Chile

Magnitude

5.6 (Mw)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

19.384° S, 69.231° W

Country

Chile

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses damaged

Few (about 1 to 50)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• June 13, 2005, Tarapaca, ChileM7.7 · 11 deaths · $5.1 million · 544 houses destroyed · 67 km
• April 1, 2014, Iquique, Alto Hospicio, Northern, ChileM8.2 · 7 deaths · $100 million · 163 km
• August 8, 1987, Arica, Iquique, ChileM6.9 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 1,000 houses destroyed · 89 km
• November 30, 1976, Pozo Almonte, Oficina Victoria, Arica, ChileM7.3 · 1 death · 130 km
• June 14, 1959, Bolivia-Northern ChileM7.5 · 1 death · 169 km
• December 4, 1934, Iquique, Pisagua, Sapiga, Negrero, ChileM6.9 · 31 km
• August 14, 2005, Tarapaca, ChileM5.8 · 51 km
• January 8, 1956, ChileM7.1 · Deaths: few · 91 km
• June 25, 1869, Iquique, Pisagua, Chile104 km
• June 15, 1877, Northern, Chile104 km
• October 27, 1881, Northern, Chile104 km
• September 14, 1882, Pisagua, Chile104 km
• August 24, 1869, Tacna, Iquique, Pica, Peru, ChileM7.5 · 107 km
• June 6, 1915, Southern PeruM7.6 · 125 km
• August 23, 1877, Iquique, Chile128 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5617.