M4.1 earthquake 18 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 18 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru on Sat, Jul 9, 2022, 12:25 PM GMT-5 (17:25 UTC), 154 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 11 km ESE of Carumas, 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
- 2022-07-09 17:25:41 UTC
- Depth
- 154.0 km (95.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.324° S, 69.878° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.322 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1527 days ago · 164 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.511 km ESE of Carumas, Peru · 1511 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1556 days ago · 182 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.126 km ENE of Pujocucho, Peru · 1557 days ago · 154 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 4.525 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1564 days ago · 151 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.614 km ESE of San Antonio, Peru · 1568 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i192. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.