Peru earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 15 km ENE of Ticaco, Peru

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 15 km ENE of Ticaco, Peru on Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 7:56 AM GMT-5 (12:56 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-04-25 12:56:20 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
17.390° S, 69.911° 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 I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.716 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1984 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.111 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.332 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.111 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.226 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 4.414 km E of Chuquitira, Peru · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.020 km E of Estique, Peru · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 4.419 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 5.42 km NW of Chuquitira, Peru · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  10. 4.021 km E of Estique, Peru · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.219 km E of Tarata, Peru · 1969 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.215 km E of Estique, Peru · 1967 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.18 km SE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1965 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 4.610 km NNW of Chuquitira, Peru · 1965 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.423 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.915 km ENE of Ticaco, Peru · 1961 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 4.221 km E of Estique, Peru · 1960 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.716 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1954 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 4.456 km SE of Calana, Peru · 1952 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  20. 4.512 km ENE of Tarata, Peru · 1952 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away

Before

  1. 4.27 km NE of Locumba, Peru · 1994 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 4.56 km WNW of Sama Grande, Peru · 1994 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.33 km SSW of Chuquitira, Peru · 2016 days ago · 140 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e4n5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.