M4.7 earthquake 78 km WSW of Tarauacá, Brazil
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 78 km WSW of Tarauacá, Brazil on Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 4:26 AM GMT-5 (09:26 UTC), 629 km (391 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 125 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-25 09:26:22 UTC
- Depth
- 629.3 km (391.1 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 8.534° S, 71.376° W
- Region
- Brazil
- 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 10.0 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 390
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3146 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3963 days ago · 515 km deep · 85 km away
- 6.7125 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3962 days ago · 603 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.9117 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3962 days ago · 603 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.6128 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3962 days ago · 602 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.1130 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3961 days ago · 617 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000416q. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:28 AM UTC.