M4.0 earthquake Southern Peru
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in Southern Peru on Mon, Mar 7, 2016, 10:16 AM GMT-5 (15:16 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 17 km E of Estique, 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
- 2016-03-07 15:16:42 UTC
- Depth
- 108.8 km (67.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.738° S, 70.159° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 32
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.217 km E of Estique, Peru · 3817 days ago · 154 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.917 km SSE of Las Yaras, Peru · 3804 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.114 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 3803 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004wjq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:20 AM UTC.