M4.7 earthquake 12 km ESE of Calana, Peru
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Calana, Peru on Sun, Mar 9, 2025, 3:06 AM GMT-5 (08:06 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 21 km SE of Palca, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-09 08:06:32 UTC
- Depth
- 107.7 km (66.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.970° S, 70.076° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.0 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.456 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 569 days ago · 155 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.067 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 563 days ago · 120 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.432 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 552 days ago · 160 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.42 km SSE of Ilabaya, Peru · 547 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.821 km SE of Palca, Peru · 544 days ago · 135 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pxry. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC.