M3.9 earthquake 72 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 72 km SE of Palca, Peru on Sun, Mar 18, 2007, 9:52 PM GMT-4 (01:52 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 100 km ESE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-03-19 01:52:59 UTC
- Depth
- 120.2 km (74.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.311° S, 69.560° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000f6za. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.746 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 7137 days ago · 155 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.076 km WNW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 7130 days ago · 172 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.2100 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 7116 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.817 km NNW of Calana, Peru · 7096 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.3106 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 7088 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000f6za. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC.