M4.2 earthquake 77 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 77 km SE of Palca, Peru on Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 9:11 AM GMT-5 (14:11 UTC), 135 km (84 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-02-05 14:11:19 UTC
- Depth
- 135.3 km (84.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.273° S, 69.442° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.343 km SE of Calana, Peru · 605 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.657 km SE of Calana, Peru · 600 days ago · 114 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.736 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 576 days ago · 152 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 4.121 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 575 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.712 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 574 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 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 · 57 km away
- 4.432 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 552 days ago · 160 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.057 km N of Camiña, Chile · 609 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.641 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 610 days ago · 132 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.185 km N of Camiña, Chile · 613 days ago · 124 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.375 km ESE of Palca, Peru · 618 days ago · 123 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 4.167 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 620 days ago · 160 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.733 km NNW of Camiña, Chile · 633 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pbk1. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC.