M4.2 earthquake 22 km E of Estique, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 22 km E of Estique, Peru on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 5:04 AM GMT-5 (10:04 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 19 km E of Estique, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-26 10:04:00 UTC
- Depth
- 17.7 km (11.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.577° S, 69.808° 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 IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 1°, dip 70°, rake -88°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 176°, dip 20°, rake -95°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.6 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.518 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 4.125 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.415 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.819 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.129 km NE of Palca, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.520 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 3.626 km ESE of Estique, Peru · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 2221 days ago · 152 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.580 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2207 days ago · 152 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b4bs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC.