M4.6 earthquake 12 km ESE of Locumba, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Locumba, Peru on Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 1:59 PM GMT-5 (18:59 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-10 18:59:33 UTC
- Depth
- 96.0 km (59.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.667° S, 70.659° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.311 km E of Palca, Peru · 1746 days ago · 158 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.120 km NNE of Sama Grande, Peru · 1720 days ago · 106 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.280 km W of Arica, Chile · 1720 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gb9f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.