M4.1 earthquake 5 km NE of Torata, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Torata, Peru on Wed, May 5, 2021, 11:27 PM GMT-5 (04:27 UTC), 86 km (54 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-06 04:27:06 UTC
- Depth
- 86.1 km (53.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.048° S, 70.806° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.414 km E of Chuquitira, Peru · 1972 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.42 km NW of Chuquitira, Peru · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 4.18 km SE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.610 km NNW of Chuquitira, Peru · 1964 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.634 km ENE of Cocachacra, Peru · 1960 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.111 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1982 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.27 km NE of Locumba, Peru · 1993 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.56 km WNW of Sama Grande, Peru · 1994 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
- 4.041 km WNW of Moquegua, Peru · 2002 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.424 km ENE of Lloque, Peru · 2005 days ago · 163 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e0jc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.