M4.5 earthquake 35 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 35 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Fri, May 3, 2024, 12:54 AM GMT-5 (05:54 UTC), 144 km (90 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 78 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. 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
- 2024-05-03 05:54:58 UTC
- Depth
- 144.3 km (89.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.660° S, 69.651° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.531 km E of Palca, Peru · 878 days ago · 143 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.373 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 865 days ago · 167 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.678 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 857 days ago · 148 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.228 km E of Tarata, Peru · 828 days ago · 179 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mvx3. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC.