M4.3 earthquake 52 km S of Camaná, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 52 km S of Camaná, Peru on Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 6:44 AM GMT-5 (11:44 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-26 11:44:43 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.094° S, 72.751° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Camana.
From the USGS event page for us10005e1x. 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 9.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.817 km ENE of Quilca, Peru · 3799 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.030 km SE of Urasqui, Peru · 3780 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005e1x. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.