M4.8 earthquake 18 km E of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 18 km E of Palca, Peru on Wed, Oct 7, 2015, 12:59 AM GMT-5 (05:59 UTC), 128 km (79 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 65 km E of Chuquitira, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-07 05:59:13 UTC
- Depth
- 127.9 km (79.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.747° S, 69.789° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 83
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.057 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3992 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.765 km E of Chuquitira, Peru · 3980 days ago · 160 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 4.471 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3965 days ago · 126 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.451 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3959 days ago · 144 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003kvp (also filed as gcmt20151007055913, iscgem607859026). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC.