M4.2 earthquake 44 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 44 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 4:46 PM GMT-5 (21:46 UTC), 143 km (89 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 42 km ENE of Palca, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-24 21:46:09 UTC
- Depth
- 142.6 km (88.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.692° S, 69.552° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.124 km SE of Palca, Peru · 1611 days ago · 145 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.617 km WSW of Chipispaya, Peru · 1608 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 4.313 km S of Chucatamani, Peru · 1608 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.626 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1599 days ago · 136 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 5.542 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1593 days ago · 156 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
- 4.120 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1585 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.525 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1563 days ago · 151 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hg3v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.