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Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - SOUTHERN PERU on Monday, 20 March 2017

Date & time: Mon, 20 Mar 21:02:55 UTC
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 196.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17°S / 69.7°W [Map]
Nearest volcano: Nevados Casiri (54 km)
Primary data source: EMSC

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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies

Time	Mag. / Depth	Location	Map	Source
Mon, 20 Mar
Mon, 20 Mar 21:02 UTC	M 4.5 / 196 km	70 km al N de Visviri	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)

"I felt it" reports:

Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)

Time	Mag. / Depth	Location	Map	Source
Thu, 30 Mar
Thu, 30 Mar 18:50 UTC	M 4.0 / 78.4 km - [info]	(55 km)	- 32km NW of Moquegua, Peru	[Map]	USGS
Tue, 4 Apr
Tue, 4 Apr 10:58 UTC	M 3.5 / 127.9 km - [info]	(49 km)	34 km al SE de Moquegua	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Thu, 6 Apr
Thu, 6 Apr 15:41 UTC	M 3.4 / 150 km - [info]	(42 km)	LA PAZ, BOLIVIA	[Map]	EMSC
Wed, 19 Apr
Wed, 19 Apr 09:39 UTC	M 2.7 / 48.3 km - [info]	(66 km)	12 km al NO de Tacna	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 3 May
Wed, 3 May 21:07 UTC	M 3.7 / 82.1 km - [info]	(41 km)	22 km al E de Tacna	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Sat, 13 May
Sat, 13 May 07:26 UTC	M 3.3 / 149.6 km - [info]	(30 km)	6 km al O de Visviri	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 22 May
Mon, 22 May 14:27 UTC	M 4.5 / 51.1 km - [info]	(49 km)	- 54km SSE of Santa Lucia, Peru	[Map]	USGS
Mon, 22 May 16:01 UTC	M 3.6 / 6 km - [info]	(41 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Tue, 23 May
Tue, 23 May 07:02 UTC	M 3.6 / 8 km - [info]	(43 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Tue, 23 May 20:56 UTC	M 3.1 / 22 km - [info]	(38 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Wed, 24 May
Wed, 24 May 00:47 UTC	M 3.8 / 8 km - [info]	(38 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Thu, 25 May
Thu, 25 May 14:51 UTC	M 3.4 / 9 km - [info]	(44 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Sat, 27 May
Sat, 27 May 01:32 UTC	M 3.4 / 21 km - [info]	(41 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Tue, 6 Jun
Tue, 6 Jun 11:59 UTC	M 3.1 / 112.5 km - [info]	Tacora (26 km)	34 km al NO de Putre	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 6 Jun 14:20 UTC	M 4.1 / 42.3 km - [info]	(44 km)	- 65km SE of Hacienda Huancane, Peru	[Map]	USGS
Tue, 6 Jun 18:16 UTC	M 3.5 / 122.4 km - [info]	Tacora (21 km)	45 km al NO de Putre	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 6 Jun 22:08 UTC	M 3.4 / 12 km - [info]	(41 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Sat, 10 Jun
Sat, 10 Jun 16:31 UTC	M 3.8 / 143.3 km - [info]	Taapaca (20 km)	33 km al NE de Putre	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 26 Jun
Mon, 26 Jun 17:57 UTC	M 3.2 / 136.1 km - [info]	Tacora (11 km)	24 km al O de Visviri	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 27 Jun
Tue, 27 Jun 19:14 UTC	M 3.5 / 35.9 km - [info]	(31 km)	67 km al NO de Visviri	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Sun, 2 Jul
Sun, 2 Jul 23:04 UTC	M 3.0 / 95.4 km - [info]	(36 km)	30 km al E de Tacna	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 3 Jul
Mon, 3 Jul 23:09 UTC	M 3.6 / 13.6 km - [info]	(45 km)	51 km al N de Tacna	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 5 Jul
Wed, 5 Jul 15:24 UTC	M 3.7 / 147.9 km - [info]	Taapaca (28 km)	28 km al S de Visviri	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 10 Jul
Mon, 10 Jul 08:12 UTC	M 3.5 / 15 km - [info]	(67 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Wed, 12 Jul
Wed, 12 Jul 02:18 UTC	M 2.8 / 144.7 km - [info]	(57 km)	35 km al E de Visviri	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 25 Jul
Tue, 25 Jul 08:25 UTC	M 3.7 / 107.8 km - [info]	(33 km)	32 km al NE de Tacna	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 31 Jul
Mon, 31 Jul 00:07 UTC	M 3.3 / 59.5 km - [info]	(131 km)	20 km al S de Ilo	[Map]	GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 31 Jul 16:32 UTC	M 3.8 / 17 km - [info]	(52 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Fri, 4 Aug
Fri, 4 Aug 17:19 UTC	M 3.9 / 18 km - [info]	Ticsani (17 km)	Peru	[Map]	IGP
Sat, 5 Aug
Sat, 5 Aug 06:17 UTC	M 4.0 / 118 km - [info]	Huaynaputina (25 km)	- 44km NNW of Torata, Peru	[Map]	USGS
Tue, 15 Aug
Tue, 15 Aug 15:46 UTC	M 3.5 / 76 km - [info]	(82 km)	SOUTHERN PERU I FELT IT	[Map]	EMSC

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