M4.3 earthquake 65 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 65 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 2:57 AM GMT-5 (07:57 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 12 km E 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-19 07:57:09 UTC
- Depth
- 162.4 km (100.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.574° S, 69.384° 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, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.272 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2536 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.210 km NE of Ticaco, Peru · 2527 days ago · 139 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.512 km E of Palca, Peru · 2527 days ago · 129 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.065 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2509 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.447 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 2494 days ago · 151 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005vw2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC.