M4.1 earthquake 5 km ENE of Quilca, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Quilca, Peru on Sat, Jul 30, 2016, 8:54 AM GMT-5 (13:54 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 26 km W of Islay (Matarani), Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-30 13:54:36 UTC
- Depth
- 78.0 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.700° S, 72.390° 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 Quilca.
From the USGS event page for us20006utq. 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 14.6 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.52
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.534 km NNE of El Cardo, Peru · 3716 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.312 km ESE of El Triunfo ( El Cruce), Peru · 3699 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 5.326 km W of Islay (Matarani), Peru · 3697 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 16
- 4.629 km W of El Pedregal, Peru · 3687 days ago · 86 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.813 km W of Santa Rita de Siguas, Peru · 3685 days ago · 79 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 4.132 km S of Quequeña, Peru · 3666 days ago · 101 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006utq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.