M 6 in Peru on 01 Apr 2026 11:20 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1532211
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 108.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -7.0558 , -76.1241
Event Date: 01 Apr 2026 11:20 UTC
01 Apr 2026 06:20 Local
Exposed Population: 1.1 million in MMI>=IV
Inserted at: 01 Apr 2026 11:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000s9cg Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude occurred in Peru on Wednesday, the Institute of Geophysics of Peru said. The quakes were recorded at 06:20 local time (11:20 GMT) 19 kilometers (11???.8 miles) south of the city
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),