2014 Iquique earthquake

The megathrust rupture struck off the coast of northern Chile at 20:46 local time, with the epicentre about 95 kilometres northwest of Iquique. It triggered a tsunami of up to 2.11 metres that reached Iquique at 21:05 local time. In Iquique more than 200 people were taken to hospital and an airport control tower was damaged. Moment magnitude estimates differ, running from 8.1 to 8.2.

Origin time (UTC)

2014-04-01T23:46

Magnitude

8.2

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

25

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000nzvd

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: chile, iquique, megathrust, tsunami

Coordinates: -19.6097, -70.7691

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in South America since 1990

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