M4.5 earthquake 31 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 31 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 6:25 AM GMT-5 (11:25 UTC), 159 km (99 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-30 11:25:30 UTC
- Depth
- 159.4 km (99.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.707° S, 69.671° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- 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 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.654 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2586 days ago · 171 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.519 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 2580 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.442 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2577 days ago · 144 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.662 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2553 days ago · 138 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.320 km NNW of Chuquitira, Peru · 2552 days ago · 161 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.260 km E of Palca, Peru · 2548 days ago · 154 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.365 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2542 days ago · 162 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.272 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2536 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005a69. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC.