2014 Iquique earthquake aftershock

The largest aftershock of the Iquique sequence struck at 23:43 local time on 2 April, with the epicentre 53 km southwest of Iquique, off the northern Chilean coast. Shaking reached intensity IX on the Mercalli scale.

Origin time (UTC)

2014-04-03T02:43

Magnitude

7.7

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

22.4

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000p27i

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: chile, iquique, aftershock, offshore

Coordinates: -20.5709, -70.4931

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

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