M4.4 earthquake 78 km E of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km E of Palca, Peru on Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 4:36 AM GMT-5 (09:36 UTC), 155 km (97 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-04-12 09:36:08 UTC
- Depth
- 155.4 km (96.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.736° S, 69.221° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.244 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1624 days ago · 143 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.124 km SE of Palca, Peru · 1612 days ago · 145 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.313 km S of Chucatamani, Peru · 1609 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.626 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1601 days ago · 136 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 5.542 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1595 days ago · 156 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
- 4.120 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1586 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h1g4. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.