M4.5 earthquake 50 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 50 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Sun, May 12, 2019, 4:52 PM GMT-5 (21:52 UTC), 158 km (98 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-12 21:52:10 UTC
- Depth
- 158.3 km (98.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.639° S, 69.504° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.114 km N of Calana, Peru · 2696 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 5.112 km W of Palca, Peru · 2696 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.227 km E of Palca, Peru · 2683 days ago · 151 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.012 km ESE of Estique, Peru · 2654 days ago · 164 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.596 km E of Arica, Chile · 2652 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 4.452 km SSE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 2651 days ago · 166 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.370 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2651 days ago · 161 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.017 km SSE of Tacna, Peru · 2643 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003k4p. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.