M4.6 earthquake 62 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 62 km SE of Palca, Peru on Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 1:18 AM GMT-5 (06:18 UTC), 138 km (86 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-08 06:18:04 UTC
- Depth
- 138.3 km (85.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.106° S, 69.484° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.260 km E of Palca, Peru · 2547 days ago · 154 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.365 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2541 days ago · 162 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.272 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2534 days ago · 135 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.5112 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2531 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.210 km NE of Ticaco, Peru · 2526 days ago · 139 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.512 km E of Palca, Peru · 2525 days ago · 129 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.392 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2515 days ago · 136 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.065 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2508 days ago · 129 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.447 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 2493 days ago · 151 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005rv1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC.