M 5.5 in Peru from 19 Jul 2026 02:24 UTC to 02:24

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.0429 , -75.3013
Event Date: 19 Jul 2026 02:24 UTC
18 Jul 2026 21:24 Local
Exposed Population: 320 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000t1q7
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2026 02:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 1.9 1.9
us7000t1q7 Scaled population (raster) 4.24  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1719206 1.9 19 Jul 2026 02:24 5.5M, 10km 7.13 320 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
1719805 1.9 19 Jul 2026 02:24 5.5M, 10km 7.2 240 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 2d 18:55 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

Radius Population
100 km 1.2 million people
75 km 890000 people
50 km 750000 people
20 km 620000 people
10 km 300000 people
5 km 40000 people
2 km 1800 people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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