M4.1 earthquake 66 km E of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 66 km E of Palca, Peru on Sun, Aug 18, 2019, 4:22 PM GMT-5 (21:22 UTC), 164 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 54 km ENE of Palca, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-18 21:22:20 UTC
- Depth
- 164.4 km (102.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.794° S, 69.337° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.531 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2591 days ago · 159 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.654 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2585 days ago · 171 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.519 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 2579 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 4.442 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2575 days ago · 144 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.662 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2552 days ago · 138 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.260 km E of Palca, Peru · 2547 days ago · 154 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700058g6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.