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2014 Chile Earthquake
3 April 2014 · Northern, Iquique · Chile
On 3 April 2014 at 02:43 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Chile (Northern, Iquique), at a depth of 22 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 98 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 3 April 2014
- Time
- 02:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 22 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Chile
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20142014 Iquique Earthquake · M 8.27 deaths
- 20072007 Tocopilla Earthquake · M 7.72 deaths
- 20052005 Tarapacá Earthquake · M 7.711 deaths
- 1967Northern · M 7.51 deaths
- 1959Bolivia · M 7.51 deaths
- 1933Chile · M 7.6
- 1916Bolivia · M 7.5
- 1906Off South Coast · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth