M4.2 earthquake 14 km S of Chipispaya, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 14 km S of Chipispaya, Peru on Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 6:06 AM GMT-5 (11:06 UTC), 115 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 21 km SSW of San Antonio, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-11 11:06:49 UTC
- Depth
- 115.5 km (71.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.628° S, 70.202° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006yc1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC.