M4.5 earthquake 60 km ESE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 60 km ESE of Palca, Peru on Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:01 AM GMT-5 (10:01 UTC), 135 km (84 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-29 10:01:48 UTC
- Depth
- 135.2 km (84.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.023° S, 69.452° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.555 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 3157 days ago · 133 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.2Peru-Bolivia border region · 3131 days ago · 163 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.0118 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 3120 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.292 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.992 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.283 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3174 days ago · 123 km deep · 37 km away
- 6.3100 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 3175 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 64
- 4.975 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3186 days ago · 127 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cqvw. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC.