M 5.7 in Peru on 12 Jul 2024 09:30 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 1437069
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 31.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.5726 , -74.7689
Event Date: 12 Jul 2024 09:30 UTC
12 Jul 2024 04:30 Local
Exposed Population: 7 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2024 09:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mytc Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - 94 km south of Ica, Ica, Peru, on Monda.. 7/15/2024 7:04:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Ica , a city with more than 250,000 inhabitants in Peru , in 94 km (58 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Man
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Attention for those affected by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake 7/15/2024 4:23:00 PM.

On June 28, a magnitude 7 earthquake hit four districts in the Arequipa region in southern Although there were no fatalities, the Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency in these areas due to the damage caused to homes, roads
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),