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M5.1 earthquake 12 km W of Palca, Peru

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 12 km W of Palca, Peru on Thu, May 16, 2019, 9:32 AM GMT-5 (14:32 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, May 16, 2019, 9:32 AM GMT-5
UTC: 2019-05-16 14:32:49 UTC
Depth: 107.0 km (66.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 17.763° S, 70.076° W
Region: Peru
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.1	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.086 · 13 stations
5.21	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 5.1 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 152°, dip 32°, rake -85°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 326°, dip 58°, rake -93°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 7.4 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 79°
Stations used: 70

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003m17 (also filed as iscgem615714712). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.