M4.0 earthquake 32 km E of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 32 km E of Palca, Peru on Sun, Feb 5, 2023, 10:07 PM GMT-5 (03:07 UTC), 157 km (98 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 22 km SW of Chipispaya, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-06 03:07:16 UTC
- Depth
- 157.0 km (97.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.722° S, 69.659° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 24
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1330 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.335 km SE of Palca, Peru · 1321 days ago · 119 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.069 km E of Palca, Peru · 1313 days ago · 153 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.922 km SW of Chipispaya, Peru · 1301 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
- 4.560 km E of Estique, Peru · 1300 days ago · 169 km deep · 31 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jln2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.