M4.4 earthquake 86 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 86 km SE of Palca, Peru on Wed, May 1, 2019, 11:03 PM GMT-4 (03:03 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 14 km N of Calana, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-02 03:03:39 UTC
- Depth
- 122.4 km (76.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.384° S, 69.453° 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, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.550 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2701 days ago · 158 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.114 km N of Calana, Peru · 2697 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 5.112 km W of Palca, Peru · 2697 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.227 km E of Palca, Peru · 2685 days ago · 151 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.8102 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2682 days ago · 120 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.128 km E of Arica, Chile · 2655 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.596 km E of Arica, Chile · 2653 days ago · 126 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003jdc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC.