M4.1 earthquake 24 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 24 km SE of Palca, Peru on Sat, May 7, 2022, 1:31 AM GMT-5 (06:31 UTC), 145 km (90 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-07 06:31:11 UTC
- Depth
- 145.4 km (90.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.923° S, 69.786° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.617 km WSW of Chipispaya, Peru · 1608 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.313 km S of Chucatamani, Peru · 1608 days ago · 133 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.626 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1599 days ago · 136 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 5.542 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1593 days ago · 156 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
- 4.120 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1585 days ago · 115 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.525 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1563 days ago · 151 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.2105 km E of Arica, Chile · 1557 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1556 days ago · 182 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000h7qq. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC.