Peru Earthquake Map
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Peru earthquake map. Map of west central peru depicting the epicentre of the may 31 1970 ancash earthquake and the geographic extent of damaged areas. An earthquake measuring m w 80 struck peru and the surrounding areas on 26 may 2019 at 0241 local timeit had a maximum perceived intensity of viii severe on the modified mercalli intensity scaletwo people died and a further 30 were injured. The 2007 peru earthquake which measured 80 on the moment magnitude scale hit the central coast of peru on august 15 at 234057 utc 184057 local time and lasted two minutes.
The epicenter was located 150 km 93 mi south southeast of lima at a depth of 39 km 24 mi. 1868 the arica earthquake of 1868 remains the most powerful quake in the countrys history arica was part of peru at the time but now belongs to chile. It was the strongest earthquake in 2019 by magnitude.
Map shows past earthquakes and the epicenter of the may 26 2019 north central peru earthquake. M15 or greater 3 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 4 earthquakes in the past 7 days. Recent earthquakes in peru complete list updated 11 nov 2020 1840 gmt during the past 30 days peru was shaken by 3 quakes of magnitude 50 or higher 41 quakes of magnitude 40 or higher 20 quakes of magnitude 30 or higher and 3 quakes of magnitude 20 or higher.
Earthquakes over 30 m within the last 24 hours a 2020 11 14 025655 utc 55 magnitude 12 km depth alik ghund balochistan pakistan. The quake which had a magnitude between 85 and 90 devastated various cities in the south of the country including arica tacna and arequipa resulting in at least 25000 casualties. 20 earthquakes in the past 30 days.
The united states geological survey national earthquake information center reported that it was a very strong earthquake. To access usgs earthquake information without using javascript use our magnitude 25 earthquakes past day atom feed or our other earthquake feeds.