M4.6 earthquake 58 km SSE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 58 km SSE of Palca, Peru on Fri, Feb 2, 2024, 12:31 AM GMT-5 (05:31 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 84 km N of Camiña, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-02-02 05:31:11 UTC
- Depth
- 122.9 km (76.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.257° S, 69.721° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.370 km E of Palca, Peru · 971 days ago · 145 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.15 km S of Chucatamani, Peru · 959 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.150 km N of Camiña, Chile · 958 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.652 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 954 days ago · 160 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.839 km SE of Tacna, Peru · 938 days ago · 136 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.384 km N of Camiña, Chile · 936 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 4.381 km W of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 921 days ago · 157 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lw6n. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC.