M4.1 earthquake 72 km S of Pacocha, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 72 km S of Pacocha, Peru on Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 6:14 PM GMT-5 (23:14 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-24 23:14:02 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.294° S, 71.226° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 212°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.213 km ESE of Locumba, Peru · 2818 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.180 km WSW of Arica, Chile · 2809 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ixa4. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC.