M4.3 earthquake 33 km SE of Mazo Cruz, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Mazo Cruz, Peru on Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 8:44 AM GMT-5 (13:44 UTC), 177 km (110 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km SE 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-15 13:44:42 UTC
- Depth
- 177.2 km (110.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.952° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.328 km NE of Pujocucho, Peru · 3512 days ago · 152 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.143 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 3510 days ago · 160 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.433 km SE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3482 days ago · 186 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008jz4. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.