M4.2 earthquake 92 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 92 km SE of Palca, Peru on Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:22 AM GMT-5 (16:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 118 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-25 16:22:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.273° S, 69.264° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.560 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3167 days ago · 135 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.555 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 3157 days ago · 133 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.7120 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3144 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 5.0118 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 3120 days ago · 131 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cp9u. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC.