M4.7 earthquake 22 km ESE of Mazo Cruz, Peru
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 22 km ESE of Mazo Cruz, Peru on Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 10:44 PM GMT-5 (03:44 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 70 km ENE of Palca, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-07 03:44:22 UTC
- Depth
- 186.9 km (116.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.808° S, 69.513° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.6 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.211 km E of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3271 days ago · 204 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.268 km E of Estique, Peru · 3266 days ago · 165 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.215 km ESE of Estique, Peru · 3239 days ago · 156 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.870 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 3229 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 4.629 km SE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3226 days ago · 182 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b2d1. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.