M4.7 earthquake 57 km SE of Palca, Peru
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 57 km SE of Palca, Peru on Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 11:04 AM GMT-5 (16:04 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-30 16:04:08 UTC
- Depth
- 113.1 km (70.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.206° S, 69.653° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 216°, dip 40°, rake -50°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 349°, dip 61°, rake -118°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 1 since this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.438 km NE of Cuya, Chile · 33 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.559 km ENE of Palca, Peru · 34 days ago · 144 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.235 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru · 49 days ago · 158 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.672 km SE of Palca, Peru · 49 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.448 km NNE of Camiña, Chile · 53 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.461 km NNW of Camiña, Chile · 54 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000tczt. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.