M4.4 earthquake 15 km E of Tarata, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 15 km E of Tarata, Peru on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 6:06 AM GMT-5 (11:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 19 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
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-26 11:06:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.468° S, 69.885° 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 VI, strong shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 5°, dip 23°, rake -77°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 171°, dip 68°, rake -95°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.819 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.129 km NE of Palca, Peru · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 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 · 2258 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 2221 days ago · 152 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.580 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 2208 days ago · 152 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.125 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.518 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.222 km E of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.114 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.915 km E of Tarata, Peru · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 4.37 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 2278 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b4cj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC.