M4.5 earthquake 36 km SSW of La Capilla, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 36 km SSW of La Capilla, Peru on Sat, Jan 18, 2020, 1:01 PM GMT-5 (18:01 UTC), 92 km (57 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-18 18:01:41 UTC
- Depth
- 92.3 km (57.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.071° S, 71.283° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.321 km SSW of San Antonio, Peru · 2445 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 42
- 4.424 km N of Islay (Matarani), Peru · 2418 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007a58. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.