M4.4 earthquake 23 km ESE of Taquile, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 23 km ESE of Taquile, Peru on Tue, May 31, 2016, 7:51 PM GMT-5 (00:51 UTC), 255 km (158 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 4 km NNW of Mazo Cruz, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-01 00:51:12 UTC
- Depth
- 255.0 km (158.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.870° S, 69.496° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 75
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
- 4.39 km WSW of Juliaca, Peru · 3758 days ago · 209 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.64 km NNW of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3756 days ago · 172 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.43 km ESE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3756 days ago · 178 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005zhu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC.