M4.8 earthquake 70 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 70 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 2:19 PM GMT-5 (19:19 UTC), 154 km (95 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 30 km SSE 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
- 4.8 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-27 19:19:32 UTC
- Depth
- 153.6 km (95.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.563° S, 69.329° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 191°, dip 38°, rake -61°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 336°, dip 58°, rake -111°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 102
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.629 km SE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 3227 days ago · 182 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.370 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3208 days ago · 158 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.930 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 3207 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.863 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3207 days ago · 142 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.865 km E of Estique, Peru · 3201 days ago · 149 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.975 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3186 days ago · 127 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.283 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3174 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.992 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.292 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bv2n. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.