M4.5 earthquake 55 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Thu, Feb 8, 2018, 12:40 AM GMT-5 (05:40 UTC), 133 km (83 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2018-02-08 05:40:03 UTC
- Depth
- 133.1 km (82.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.620° S, 69.466° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 87
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.560 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 3167 days ago · 135 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.292 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.992 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3171 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.283 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3174 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.975 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3186 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cyp5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.