M4.4 earthquake 14 km E of Chuquitira, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 14 km E of Chuquitira, Peru on Mon, May 10, 2021, 3:13 AM GMT-5 (08:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 2 km NW of Chuquitira, 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
- 2021-05-10 08:13:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.291° S, 69.909° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 117°, dip 74°, rake 160°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 213°, dip 71°, rake 17°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.020 km E of Estique, Peru · 1972 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.419 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.42 km NW of Chuquitira, Peru · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 4.021 km E of Estique, Peru · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.219 km E of Tarata, Peru · 1968 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.215 km E of Estique, Peru · 1966 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.18 km SE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.610 km NNW of Chuquitira, Peru · 1964 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 4.423 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.915 km ENE of Ticaco, Peru · 1960 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.221 km E of Estique, Peru · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.716 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1953 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.512 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1951 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.527 km ESE of Estique, Peru · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.19 km NE of Palca, Peru · 1915 days ago · 158 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.348 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 1913 days ago · 133 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.226 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1972 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.15 km NE of Torata, Peru · 1976 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.111 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.332 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.111 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.716 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 4.315 km ENE of Ticaco, Peru · 1987 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.27 km NE of Locumba, Peru · 1993 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.56 km WNW of Sama Grande, Peru · 1993 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e1re. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.