M5.0 earthquake Southern Peru
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in Southern Peru on Sun, Nov 6, 2022, 2:08 AM GMT-5 (07:08 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-11-06 07:08:07 UTC
- Depth
- 28.9 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 17.559° S, 70.216° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.354 km SE of Calana, Peru · 1425 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.528 km SW of Locumba, Peru · 1416 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8Peru-Bolivia border region · 1402 days ago · 159 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.18 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1387 days ago · 116 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.337 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1378 days ago · 157 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.132 km NE of Arica, Chile · 1371 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000imvt. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC.