M4.8 earthquake 46 km N of Santa Rosa, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 46 km N of Santa Rosa, Peru on Fri, Dec 10, 1982, 11:44 PM GMT-5 (04:44 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 32 km ENE of Santa Rosa, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-12-11 04:44:00 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.498° S, 74.891° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.623 km NNE of Santa Rosa, Peru · 15992 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.032 km ENE of Santa Rosa, Peru · 15967 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.935 km ENE of Santa Rosa, Peru · 16007 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.547 km NNW of Puerto Ocopa, Peru · 16012 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.950 km NE of Villa Rica, Peru · 16017 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.247 km NE of Santa Rosa, Peru · 16019 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.456 km NE of Villa Rica, Peru · 16020 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.123 km NNE of Santa Rosa, Peru · 16020 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.754 km NE of Villa Rica, Peru · 16021 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 6.740 km NNE of Santa Rosa, Peru · 16021 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001rc8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.