M4.5 earthquake 95 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 95 km SE of Palca, Peru on Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 10:14 AM GMT-3 (13:14 UTC), 133 km (82 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 119 km ESE of Arica, Chile. 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
- 2023-01-12 13:14:03 UTC
- Depth
- 132.6 km (82.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.424° S, 69.359° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 36
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7119 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1342 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1342 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.673 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1340 days ago · 101 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 4.032 km E of Palca, Peru · 1337 days ago · 157 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.4Tarapaca, Chile · 1333 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 1330 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.335 km SE of Palca, Peru · 1321 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.069 km E of Palca, Peru · 1313 days ago · 153 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 5.1154 km SSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 1369 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 4.132 km NE of Arica, Chile · 1371 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.585 km SE of Arica, Chile · 1376 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.337 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 1378 days ago · 157 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.189 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1380 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.18 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 1387 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000j3wh. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC.