M4.0 earthquake 79 km S of Pacocha, Peru
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 79 km S of Pacocha, Peru on Tue, Jan 5, 2016, 9:13 PM GMT-5 (02:13 UTC), 42 km (26 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-06 02:13:30 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.364° S, 71.410° 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 10.0 km horizontally, 19.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.134 km W of Las Yaras, Peru · 3915 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.478 km SSW of Pacocha, Peru · 3904 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.252 km WSW of Arica, Chile · 3866 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004c4l. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC.