M4.1 earthquake 81 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 81 km SE of Palca, Peru on Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 10:08 AM GMT-5 (15:08 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 99 km E of Arica, Chile. 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 15:08:40 UTC
- Depth
- 144.7 km (89.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.291° S, 69.414° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 29
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.399 km E of Arica, Chile · 2828 days ago · 130 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2816 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.181 km E of Arica, Chile · 2804 days ago · 123 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.3129 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 2799 days ago · 156 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ix5i. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.