M4.2 earthquake 10 km SE of Chuquitira, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Chuquitira, Peru on Sun, Mar 6, 2016, 6:29 AM GMT-5 (11:29 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 4 km NNE of Mazo Cruz, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-06 11:29:28 UTC
- Depth
- 142.7 km (88.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.346° S, 69.968° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 9.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.715 km WSW of Tacna, Peru · 3860 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.0Southern Peru · 3859 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.78 km E of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3850 days ago · 188 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.211 km SSW of Carumas, Peru · 3836 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.94 km NNE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3832 days ago · 161 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.217 km E of Estique, Peru · 3817 days ago · 154 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.117 km ENE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3808 days ago · 194 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.917 km SSE of Las Yaras, Peru · 3803 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.114 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 3802 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004whs. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC.