M4.7 earthquake 17 km N of Mazo Cruz, Peru
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 17 km N of Mazo Cruz, Peru on Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 2:08 AM GMT-5 (07:08 UTC), 175 km (109 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2018-02-20 07:08:01 UTC
- Depth
- 175.2 km (108.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.582° S, 69.749° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Peru-Bolivia border region · 3131 days ago · 163 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.441 km E of Tarata, Peru · 3089 days ago · 165 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d57q. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.