M4.8 earthquake 19 km E of Estique, Peru
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 19 km E of Estique, Peru on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 6:28 AM GMT-5 (11:28 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-26 11:28:49 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.517° S, 69.832° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.058 · 29 stations |
| 5.04 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
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
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 345°, dip 69°, rake -83°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 145°, dip 22°, rake -108°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.129 km NE of Palca, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 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 · 2258 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 2221 days ago · 152 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.580 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2207 days ago · 152 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.415 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.125 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.518 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 4.222 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.114 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.915 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 6
- 4.37 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2278 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b4cp (also filed as iscgem618698106). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.