M4.3 earthquake 61 km SSE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 61 km SSE of Palca, Peru on Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 1:25 AM GMT-5 (06:25 UTC), 136 km (85 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 45 km SE of Palca, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-13 06:25:11 UTC
- Depth
- 136.4 km (84.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.256° S, 69.663° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 42
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.441 km E of Tarata, Peru · 3089 days ago · 165 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.163 km SE of Arica, Chile · 3071 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.545 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3071 days ago · 137 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.453 km SE of Palca, Peru · 3069 days ago · 116 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dzfd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:44 AM UTC.