M4.0 earthquake 11 km N of Orcopampa, Peru
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 11 km N of Orcopampa, Peru on Tue, May 24, 2016, 1:43 AM GMT-5 (06:43 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 43 km SSE of Cayarani, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-24 06:43:09 UTC
- Depth
- 118.8 km (73.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.163° S, 72.337° 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 Andagua.
From the USGS event page for us20005z7u. 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 10.2 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.432 km NW of Puyca, Peru · 3755 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.743 km SSE of Cayarani, Peru · 3731 days ago · 156 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005z7u. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.