M4.2 earthquake 15 km WNW of La Capilla, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of La Capilla, Peru on Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 3:08 PM GMT-5 (20:08 UTC), 123 km (76 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
- 2020-01-08 20:08:15 UTC
- Depth
- 123.0 km (76.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 16.706° S, 71.312° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 44
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 us60007cu0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.