M4.2 earthquake 3 km SSW of Calapuja, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Calapuja, Peru on Sat, Sep 9, 2017, 5:44 AM GMT-5 (10:44 UTC), 225 km (140 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 13 km ENE 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-09 10:44:27 UTC
- Depth
- 224.8 km (139.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.342° S, 70.226° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.414 km W of Santa Lucía, Peru · 3272 days ago · 210 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.613 km ENE of Santa Lucía, Peru · 3255 days ago · 200 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000aisn. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC.