M4.6 earthquake 29 km W of El Pedregal, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 29 km W of El Pedregal, Peru on Mon, Aug 29, 2016, 5:36 AM GMT-5 (10:36 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 13 km W of Santa Rita de Siguas, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-29 10:36:48 UTC
- Depth
- 86.3 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.378° S, 72.464° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Camana and Quilca; (II) at Aplao, Arequipa, Mollendo, Ocona and Vitor.
From the USGS event page for us20006v0t. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 5.326 km W of Islay (Matarani), Peru · 3696 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 16
- 4.312 km ESE of El Triunfo ( El Cruce), Peru · 3698 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 5.511 km SW of Tapay, Peru · 3700 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 22
- 4.534 km NNE of El Cardo, Peru · 3714 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.15 km ENE of Quilca, Peru · 3716 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006v0t. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC.