M4.1 earthquake 8 km SSE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Palca, Peru on Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 8:49 PM GMT-5 (01:49 UTC), 116 km (72 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 95 km SE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-18 01:49:03 UTC
- Depth
- 116.4 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.850° S, 69.944° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 23
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
- 4.337 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1379 days ago · 157 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.132 km NE of Arica, Chile · 1371 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.595 km SE of Palca, Peru · 1362 days ago · 133 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.051 km SSW of Las Yaras, Peru · 1353 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.411 km ENE of Pujocucho, Peru · 1341 days ago · 137 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.032 km E of Palca, Peru · 1337 days ago · 157 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1330 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ja2s. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.