M4.4 earthquake 26 km S of Ichupampa, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 26 km S of Ichupampa, Peru on Fri, Feb 19, 2016, 7:40 PM GMT-5 (00:40 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 10 km SSW of Maca, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-02-20 00:40:09 UTC
- Depth
- 30.9 km (19.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 15.885° S, 71.684° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Maca and Pinchollo; (II) at Huambo and Madrigal.
From the USGS event page for us10004s34. 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 5.3 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 35
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.010 km SSW of Maca, Peru · 3880 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.88 km SSW of Maca, Peru · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.17 km SSE of Maca, Peru · 3875 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.315 km S of Maca, Peru · 3871 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.77 km NE of Puquina, Peru · 3862 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.321 km SSW of El Pedregal, Peru · 3838 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.115 km SW of Maca, Peru · 3827 days ago · 114 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004s34. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.