M4.3 earthquake 14 km WNW of Cabanilla, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Cabanilla, Peru on Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 5:05 AM GMT-5 (10:05 UTC), 199 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 25 km NW of Santa Lucía, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-28 10:05:31 UTC
- Depth
- 198.8 km (123.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.560° S, 70.467° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.311 km SSE of Lampa, Peru · 3322 days ago · 208 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.625 km NW of Santa Lucía, Peru · 3319 days ago · 170 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.23 km SSW of Calapuja, Peru · 3311 days ago · 225 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.414 km W of Santa Lucía, Peru · 3273 days ago · 210 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000acg3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC.