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
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.9
us7000t1q7 Scaled population (raster) 2.23  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1719206 1.1 19 Jul 2026 02:24 5.5M, 10km 6.5 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:17 NEIC
1719805 0.9 19 Jul 2026 02:24 5.5M, 10km 6.48 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

Intensity Population
440000 people
110000 people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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