M4.3 earthquake 11 km SSE of Lampa, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 11 km SSE of Lampa, Peru on Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 9:09 PM GMT-5 (02:09 UTC), 208 km (129 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
- 2017-08-29 02:09:20 UTC
- Depth
- 208.0 km (129.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.451° S, 70.346° 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, 7.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 66
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
- 4.625 km NW of Santa Lucía, Peru · 3318 days ago · 170 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.23 km SSW of Calapuja, Peru · 3310 days ago · 225 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.414 km W of Santa Lucía, Peru · 3272 days ago · 210 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000acqp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.