M4.4 earthquake 13 km SSW of Taquile, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Taquile, Peru on Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 3:27 AM GMT-5 (08:27 UTC), 249 km (154 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-19 08:27:57 UTC
- Depth
- 248.5 km (154.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.879° S, 69.727° 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 10.7 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e2u1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC.