M4.6 earthquake 41 km SSE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 41 km SSE of Palca, Peru on Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 3:27 PM GMT-5 (20:27 UTC), 132 km (82 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km ENE 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-01 20:27:23 UTC
- Depth
- 131.5 km (81.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.119° S, 69.813° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.057 km N of Camiña, Chile · 609 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.277 km SE of Palca, Peru · 606 days ago · 135 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.343 km SE of Calana, Peru · 605 days ago · 108 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.657 km SE of Calana, Peru · 601 days ago · 114 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.736 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 576 days ago · 152 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.712 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 574 days ago · 108 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.456 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 569 days ago · 155 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.067 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 563 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.432 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 552 days ago · 160 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000papd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:10 PM UTC.