M4.5 earthquake 17 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 17 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Mon, Mar 2, 2015, 8:37 PM GMT-5 (01:37 UTC), 157 km (97 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-03 01:37:24 UTC
- Depth
- 156.8 km (97.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.708° S, 69.812° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Arica.
From the USGS event page for usc000tuj5. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 7.5 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.518 km WSW of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 4234 days ago · 171 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.423 km E of Estique, Peru · 4219 days ago · 158 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.494 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 4214 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 43
- 4.256 km E of Arica, Chile · 4197 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.753 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 4183 days ago · 168 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tuj5. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC.