Peru earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 4 km NNE of Cerro Verde, Peru

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Cerro Verde, Peru on Fri, Jul 29, 2016, 2:00 PM GMT-5 (19:00 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 11 km SW of Tapay, Peru. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-29 19:00:32 UTC
Depth
107.2 km (66.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
16.410° S, 71.600° 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 Arequipa and Yura.

From the USGS event page for us100068hh. 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.4 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.15 km ENE of Quilca, Peru · 3716 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 5.511 km SW of Tapay, Peru · 3700 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 22
  3. 4.312 km ESE of El Triunfo ( El Cruce), Peru · 3698 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.629 km W of El Pedregal, Peru · 3686 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.813 km W of Santa Rita de Siguas, Peru · 3683 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.1southern Peru · 3675 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.132 km S of Quequeña, Peru · 3665 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.223 km SW of El Pedregal, Peru · 3742 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100068hh. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC.