M4.7 earthquake 60 km SSE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Palca, Peru on Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 12:01 PM GMT-5 (17:01 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 27 km S of Las Yaras, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-24 17:01:06 UTC
- Depth
- 117.3 km (72.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.240° S, 69.668° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.6 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 84
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 2439 days ago · 142 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4113 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2411 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.927 km S of Las Yaras, Peru · 2405 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
- 4.359 km E of Arica, Chile · 2394 days ago · 131 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.747 km SE of Arica, Chile · 2384 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007erq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:58 AM UTC.