M4.4 earthquake 42 km ESE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Palca, Peru on Sat, Sep 14, 2019, 10:25 PM GMT-5 (03:25 UTC), 144 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 62 km SE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-15 03:25:38 UTC
- Depth
- 144.4 km (89.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.929° S, 69.595° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 27
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.662 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2552 days ago · 138 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 4.260 km E of Palca, Peru · 2547 days ago · 154 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.365 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2541 days ago · 162 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.272 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2534 days ago · 135 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.210 km NE of Ticaco, Peru · 2526 days ago · 139 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.512 km E of Palca, Peru · 2525 days ago · 129 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.1101 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2578 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.519 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 2579 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.654 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2585 days ago · 171 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.531 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2591 days ago · 159 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.166 km E of Palca, Peru · 2602 days ago · 164 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005gk8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.