M4.3 earthquake 21 km ESE of Calana, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 21 km ESE of Calana, Peru on Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 8:13 AM GMT-5 (13:13 UTC), 130 km (80 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 13 km ESE of Locumba, 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
- 2018-12-12 13:13:34 UTC
- Depth
- 129.5 km (80.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.029° S, 70.007° 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, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.229 km NE of Palca, Peru · 2848 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.181 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2839 days ago · 145 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.399 km E of Arica, Chile · 2827 days ago · 130 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.213 km ESE of Locumba, Peru · 2817 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.181 km E of Arica, Chile · 2803 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.25 km SSW of Sitajara, Peru · 2795 days ago · 178 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000isw2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC.