M4.0 earthquake 157 km W of Iñapari, Peru
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 157 km W of Iñapari, Peru on Sat, Dec 19, 2015, 12:25 AM GMT-4 (04:25 UTC), 601 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 132 km W of Iñapari, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-19 04:25:25 UTC
- Depth
- 601.4 km (373.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 11.085° S, 71.014° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 13.4 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.2180 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3958 days ago · 602 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.2176 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3959 days ago · 592 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.3121 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3959 days ago · 655 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.7138 km W of Iñapari, Peru · 3960 days ago · 597 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1159 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3960 days ago · 619 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6160 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3960 days ago · 595 km deep · 59 km away
- 7.6155 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3960 days ago · 606 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 124 · tsunami flag
- 4.3173 km W of Iñapari, Peru · 3961 days ago · 596 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100048up. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC.