M4.9 earthquake 117 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 117 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil on Thu, Nov 26, 2015, 12:56 AM GMT-5 (05:56 UTC), 603 km (374 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 130 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
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-26 05:56:05 UTC
- Depth
- 602.6 km (374.4 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 9.065° S, 71.322° W
- Region
- Brazil
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Puerto Esperanza, Peru.
From the USGS event page for us1000426y. 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 10.2 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 147
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6128 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3963 days ago · 602 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.9184 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3962 days ago · 606 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.1130 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3962 days ago · 617 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.2190 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3952 days ago · 638 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 6.7125 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3963 days ago · 603 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3193 km ESE of Marechal Thaumaturgo, Brazil · 3963 days ago · 630 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.3146 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3963 days ago · 515 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.778 km WSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3963 days ago · 629 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5173 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3991 days ago · 604 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000426y. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC.