M4.1 earthquake 34 km W of Las Yaras, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 34 km W of Las Yaras, Peru on Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 3:22 AM GMT-5 (08:22 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 52 km WSW of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-13 08:22:08 UTC
- Depth
- 49.0 km (30.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.920° S, 70.880° 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 Ilo, Moquegua and Tacna.
From the USGS event page for us10004dyj. 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 9.3 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.478 km SSW of Pacocha, Peru · 3903 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.252 km WSW of Arica, Chile · 3865 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 4.715 km WSW of Tacna, Peru · 3861 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.0Southern Peru · 3860 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.921 km W of Pacocha, Peru · 3857 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004dyj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC.