M 5.5 in Peru on 19 Jul 2026 02:24 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

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: -12.1036 , -75.3034
Event Date: 19 Jul 2026 02:24 UTC
18 Jul 2026 21:24 Local
Exposed Population: 240 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000t1q7
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2026 21:20 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) 4.18  
  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 900000 people
50 km 750000 people
20 km 600000 people
10 km 170000 people
5 km 20000 people
2 km 2000 people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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