M 5.2 in Peru on 03 Aug 2026 01:42 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 1555809
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 125.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.5724 , -75.7603
Event Date: 03 Aug 2026 01:42 UTC
02 Aug 2026 20:42 Local
Exposed Population:
320 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 03 Aug 2026 01:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000thpt Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 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

Dopo l’incidente aereo, il terremoto in Perù 8/3/2026 7:37:00 AM.

L''epicentro nel centro del Paese: scossa di 5,7 gradi. Non bastava l’incidente aereo a Nazca, in Perù si è registrato pure il terremoto. È stato proprio andino a rilevare il sisma. L’epicentro è stato individuato nel dipartimento peruvian
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Perù, terremoto di magnitudo 5.7 nel dipartimento di Huanuco 8/3/2026 6:17:00 AM.

Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.7 è stato registrato domenica sera nel dipartimento peruviano di Huanuco , nella parte centrale del Perù . Lo ha riferito l''Istituto geofisico del Paese. La scossa è stata avvertita alle 20.42 ora locale. L''epi
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Preview 5.3 magnitude quake hits Central Peru GFZ 8/3/2026 2:32:00 AM.

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Central Peru at 0142 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.48
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5.3-magnitude quake hits Central Peru -- GFZ 8/3/2026 2:22:00 AM.

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Central Peru at 0142 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.48
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),