M6.7 earthquake 125 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 125 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil on Thu, Nov 26, 2015, 12:45 AM GMT-5 (05:45 UTC), 603 km (375 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-26 05:45:18 UTC
- Depth
- 602.8 km (374.5 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 9.182° S, 71.257° W
- Region
- Brazil
- Felt reports
- 2
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 6.7 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 167°, dip 62°, rake -89°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 345°, dip 28°, rake -91°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.8 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 19°
- Stations used
- 424
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9117 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3959 days ago · 603 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6128 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3959 days ago · 602 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.9184 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3958 days ago · 606 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.1130 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3958 days ago · 617 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2190 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3948 days ago · 638 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.3193 km ESE of Marechal Thaumaturgo, Brazil · 3959 days ago · 630 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3146 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3959 days ago · 515 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.778 km WSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3960 days ago · 629 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5173 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3987 days ago · 604 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100041f1 (also filed as gcmt20151126054518, iscgem610982045). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC.