M4.9 earthquake 6 km N of Ayaviri, Peru
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 6 km N of Ayaviri, Peru on Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 12:41 PM GMT-5 (17:41 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-22 17:41:54 UTC
- Depth
- 192.6 km (119.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.829° S, 70.587° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 3
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.06 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Ayaviri, Juliaca and Lampa.
From the USGS event page for us2000661a. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 295°, dip 78°, rake -125°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 188°, dip 37°, rake -20°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 384
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000661a (also filed as iscgem609060128). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.