M4.5 earthquake 72 km E of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 72 km E of Palca, Peru on Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 1:33 PM GMT-5 (18:33 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Southern 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-28 18:33:01 UTC
- Depth
- 155.2 km (96.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.680° S, 69.288° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.433 km E of Palca, Peru · 1431 days ago · 155 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.0Southern Peru · 1429 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.354 km SE of Calana, Peru · 1425 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.8Peru-Bolivia border region · 1402 days ago · 159 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.18 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1387 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.337 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1378 days ago · 157 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000il0u. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.