M4.7 earthquake 83 km NNE of Pucallpa, Peru
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 83 km NNE of Pucallpa, Peru on Sat, Mar 29, 1980, 6:56 AM GMT-5 (11:56 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 56 km NNE of Pucallpa, 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
- 1980-03-29 11:56:29 UTC
- Depth
- 148.0 km (92.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 7.659° S, 74.324° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.056 km NNE of Pucallpa, Peru · 16972 days ago · 154 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.3100 km WSW of Mâncio Lima, Brazil · 16930 days ago · 186 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00016ay. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.