M4.8 earthquake 83 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 83 km SE of Palca, Peru on Wed, May 22, 2013, 8:14 PM GMT-4 (00:14 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 144 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-05-23 00:14:11 UTC
- Depth
- 145.0 km (90.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.378° S, 69.492° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Codpa and (II) at Arica, Camina and Poconchile.
From the USGS event page for usb000h2sw. 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
- 100°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.273 km E of Arica, Chile · 4863 days ago · 136 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.9111 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4839 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.1144 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 4836 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 4.673 km E of Arica, Chile · 4832 days ago · 140 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3104 km E of Arica, Chile · 4829 days ago · 121 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000h2sw. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.