M5.3 earthquake 75 km ESE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 75 km ESE of Palca, Peru on Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 11:19 AM GMT-5 (16:19 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-24 16:19:05 UTC
- Depth
- 122.7 km (76.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.068° S, 69.315° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.047 · 44 stations |
| 5.5 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS, automatic first solution | First automatic solution · Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 301°, dip 71°, rake -115°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 175°, dip 31°, rake -40°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.5 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 114
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.185 km N of Camiña, Chile · 613 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.641 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 610 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.057 km N of Camiña, Chile · 609 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.277 km SE of Palca, Peru · 606 days ago · 135 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.343 km SE of Calana, Peru · 605 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.657 km SE of Calana, Peru · 600 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.736 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 575 days ago · 152 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.712 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 574 days ago · 108 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.456 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 569 days ago · 155 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.067 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 563 days ago · 120 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pm4b (also filed as usauto6000pm4b). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.