M4.3 earthquake 66 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 66 km SE of Palca, Peru on Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 12:02 PM GMT-5 (17:02 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-04-10 17:02:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.228° S, 69.541° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 162°, dip 46°, rake -136°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 38°, dip 60°, rake -53°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 64
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.535 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 885 days ago · 144 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.531 km E of Palca, Peru · 878 days ago · 143 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.354 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 870 days ago · 121 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.373 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 865 days ago · 167 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.678 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 857 days ago · 148 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mb83. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC.