M4.8 earthquake 62 km ESE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 62 km ESE of Palca, Peru on Fri, Jan 23, 2015, 9:12 AM GMT-5 (14:12 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 94 km SW 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 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-23 14:12:26 UTC
- Depth
- 109.7 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.986° S, 69.410° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Poconchile and (II) at Arica.
From the USGS event page for usc000tils. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 133°, dip 89°, rake 115°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 225°, dip 25°, rake 3°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.0 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 60
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
- 4.6115 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 4242 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.517 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 4234 days ago · 157 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.423 km E of Estique, Peru · 4218 days ago · 158 km deep · 67 km away
- 6.494 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 4214 days ago · 130 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 43
- 4.6Tarapaca, Chile · 4213 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tils. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.