M 6.6 in Peru on 25 Sep 2013 16:42 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 1006869
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 39.44 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.86 , -74.55
Event Date: 25 Sep 2013 16:42 UTC
25 Sep 2013 11:42 Local
Exposed Population:
About 40000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2013 12:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0
pt13268000 Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.05m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Peru quake causes structural damage to schools, houses 9/27/2013 12:19:00 AM.

LIMA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Peru's Minister of Women's Affairs, Ana Jara, said Thursday 58 schools and about 100 houses sustained structural damage from Wednesday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern department of Arequipa. Jara
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Un terremoto de 6,9 grados de magnitud deja 12 heridos y 19 familias d.. 9/26/2013 8:04:00 AM.

Un seísmo de 6,9 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter dejó hoy al menos 12 heridos y 19 familias damnificadas en las regiones de Arequipa y Ayacucho, en el sur de Perú, tras lo cual el presidente Ollanta Humala decidió adelantar su re
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Peru's strong earthquake claims 3 lives 9/26/2013 5:23:00 AM.

LIMA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Peru on Wednesday has killed three people in the district of Chaparra, in Caraveli province of Arequipa department, local daily "El Comercio" reported on its website.
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At least three dead in Peru earthquake 9/26/2013 1:34:00 AM.

ACARI, Peru, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A magnitude-7 earthquake that hit Peru Wednesday killed at least three people and caused substantial damage, authorities said.

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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 (81), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), (3), INFORM (4), USGS (2),