M3.8 earthquake 39 km SE of Tacna, Peru
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 39 km SE of Tacna, Peru on Mon, Mar 11, 2024, 4:30 AM GMT-5 (09:30 UTC), 136 km (85 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
- 3.8 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-11 09:30:13 UTC
- Depth
- 136.1 km (84.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.224° S, 69.952° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.384 km N of Camiña, Chile · 936 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 4.381 km W of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 921 days ago · 157 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.366 km SE of Palca, Peru · 908 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.247 km W of Arica, Chile · 902 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.535 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 885 days ago · 144 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.531 km E of Palca, Peru · 879 days ago · 143 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m4my. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:14 AM UTC.