M5.0 earthquake 17 km SW of Carumas, Peru
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Carumas, Peru on Fri, Feb 12, 2016, 10:46 PM GMT-5 (03:46 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-13 03:46:45 UTC
- Depth
- 104.6 km (65.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.923° S, 70.806° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.11 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Arequipa, Moquegua and Omate; (II) at Carumas, Ilo, Mollendo and Tacna.
From the USGS event page for us20004zwj. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
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
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 344°, dip 77°, rake -71°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 108°, dip 22°, rake -143°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 125
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004zwj (also filed as gcmt20160213034645, iscgem612684355). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.