M4.1 earthquake 25 km E of Estique, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 25 km E of Estique, Peru on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 5:57 AM GMT-5 (10:57 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-26 10:57:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.508° S, 69.782° 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.
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
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 171°, dip 25°, rake -71°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 331°, dip 67°, rake -99°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.415 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.819 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 4.129 km NE of Palca, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.520 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 3.626 km ESE of Estique, Peru · 2258 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 2221 days ago · 152 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.580 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2208 days ago · 152 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.518 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.222 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.114 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.915 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
- 4.37 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2278 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b6tu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC.