M4.3 earthquake 29 km E of Mazo Cruz, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 29 km E of Mazo Cruz, Peru on Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 7:04 PM GMT-5 (00:04 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 16 km SSE of Mazo Cruz, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-19 00:04:19 UTC
- Depth
- 192.7 km (119.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.701° S, 69.438° 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 9.8 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.244 km WSW of Ilave, Peru · 4063 days ago · 183 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.816 km SSE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 4054 days ago · 180 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 4.528 km SSW of Desaguadero, Peru · 4044 days ago · 204 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.614 km NW of Ilave, Peru · 4012 days ago · 208 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003gcj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC.