M4.8 earthquake 28 km E of Estique, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 28 km E of Estique, Peru on Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 3:43 PM GMT-5 (20:43 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-28 20:43:21 UTC
- Depth
- 151.5 km (94.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.565° S, 69.748° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.3 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.252 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 2759 days ago · 147 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.3Peru-Bolivia border region · 2741 days ago · 163 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000j8x8. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC.