M4.5 earthquake 25 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 25 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 9:29 AM GMT-5 (14:29 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 26 km ENE of Pujocucho, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-06-23 14:29:46 UTC
- Depth
- 151.2 km (94.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.705° S, 69.735° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.126 km ENE of Pujocucho, Peru · 1557 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 4.231 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1556 days ago · 182 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.118 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1547 days ago · 154 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.322 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru · 1527 days ago · 164 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.443 km E of Arica, Chile · 1526 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000hjlu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.