M4.6 earthquake 26 km SSE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 26 km SSE of Palca, Peru on Wed, May 18, 2022, 6:27 AM GMT-5 (11:27 UTC), 136 km (84 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
- 4.6 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-18 11:27:08 UTC
- Depth
- 135.6 km (84.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.982° S, 69.828° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 73
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.542 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1594 days ago · 156 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
- 4.120 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1585 days ago · 115 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.525 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1564 days ago · 151 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2105 km E of Arica, Chile · 1557 days ago · 133 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1556 days ago · 182 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.118 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1547 days ago · 154 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000hlz1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC.