M4.1 earthquake 29 km NE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 29 km NE of Palca, Peru on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 7:01 AM GMT-5 (12:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 20 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-26 12:01:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.610° S, 69.744° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.520 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 3.626 km ESE of Estique, Peru · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 2221 days ago · 152 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.580 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2207 days ago · 152 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.149 km E of Arica, Chile · 2202 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.819 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.415 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.125 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.518 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.222 km E of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.114 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.915 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 4.37 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2277 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b6ts. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.