M4.5 earthquake 23 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 23 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Mon, Dec 5, 2016, 1:57 PM GMT-5 (18:57 UTC), 152 km (95 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 78 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-05 18:57:02 UTC
- Depth
- 152.3 km (94.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.709° S, 69.754° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.529 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3570 days ago · 125 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.049 km E of Arica, Chile · 3556 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.878 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 3549 days ago · 135 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1Peru-Bolivia border region · 3541 days ago · 157 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.499 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3538 days ago · 134 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007f18. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.