M4.8 earthquake 91 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 91 km SE of Palca, Peru on Fri, Feb 14, 2014, 4:34 AM GMT-5 (09:34 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 121 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-02-14 09:34:39 UTC
- Depth
- 120.0 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.259° S, 69.262° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 136
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.079 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 4612 days ago · 175 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.959 km E of Arica, Chile · 4597 days ago · 143 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.651 km SE of Palca, Peru · 4577 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9121 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4565 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 4.345 km SE of Palca, Peru · 4626 days ago · 149 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.872 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4628 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.697 km E of Arica, Chile · 4629 days ago · 120 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
- 4.415 km SE of Palca, Peru · 4634 days ago · 162 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.568 km E of Arica, Chile · 4636 days ago · 95 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000mqfl. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.