M5.0 earthquake 58 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 58 km SE of Palca, Peru on Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 9:06 AM GMT-5 (14:06 UTC), 142 km (88 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-09 14:06:52 UTC
- Depth
- 141.9 km (88.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.180° S, 69.611° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.069 · 20 stations |
| 5.17 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 221°, dip 28°, rake -34°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 342°, dip 75°, rake -113°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.178 km WNW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 2355 days ago · 166 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.261 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 2352 days ago · 143 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.258 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2352 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.261 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2344 days ago · 169 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.243 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2334 days ago · 163 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.322 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2331 days ago · 149 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.0113 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2322 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.695 km SE of Palca, Peru · 2318 days ago · 141 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.980 km SE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 2314 days ago · 164 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008se7 (also filed as iscgem617939048). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.