M4.4 earthquake 32 km ENE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 32 km ENE of Palca, Peru on Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 12:59 AM GMT-5 (05:59 UTC), 160 km (99 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 96 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-31 05:59:21 UTC
- Depth
- 160.0 km (99.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.715° S, 69.659° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.42 km SSE of Ilabaya, Peru · 547 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.821 km SE of Palca, Peru · 544 days ago · 135 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.096 km WSW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia · 510 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 4.423 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 503 days ago · 115 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.460 km SE of Palca, Peru · 502 days ago · 129 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.466 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 498 days ago · 152 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Estique, Peru · 494 days ago · 175 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.129 km SE of Mazo Cruz, Peru · 563 days ago · 178 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.456 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 569 days ago · 155 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.712 km ESE of Calana, Peru · 574 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.736 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 575 days ago · 152 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pnz7. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC.