M4.7 earthquake 7 km ENE of Máncora, Peru
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Máncora, Peru on Thu, May 29, 1975, 9:12 PM GMT-5 (02:12 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 27 km WNW of Zorritos, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-05-30 02:12:39 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.087° S, 80.980° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000b81 (also filed as iscgem729576). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.