M4.1 earthquake 6 km S of Coalaque, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 6 km S of Coalaque, Peru on Sat, Aug 5, 2017, 1:17 AM GMT-5 (06:17 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 21 km ENE of Chiguata, 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
- 2017-08-05 06:17:35 UTC
- Depth
- 118.8 km (73.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.710° S, 71.027° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a521. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC.