M 5.6 in Peru on 15 Jun 2025 16:35 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 1486080
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000093-PER
Depth: 53.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.1473 , -77.3152
Event Date: 15 Jun 2025 16:35 UTC
15 Jun 2025 11:35 Local
Exposed Population: 2.1 million in MMI V
Inserted at: 15 Jun 2025 16:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000qkg7 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Peru - Earthquake (ECHO 21 Jun 2025)Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:09

  • An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 M at a depth of 53.5 km occurred on 15 June at 16.35 UTC (at 11.35 local time) in the sea at 9.5 km from the western coast of central-western Peru. The epicentre was located approximately 19 km south-west of Callao city, and about 25 km in the Lima metropolitan area, and south-west of the capital, Lima city, in Lima province.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that 7,200 people were exposed to moderate shaking.
  • According to media reports, as of 15 June, one person died in northern Lima city, and five have been injured, several roads and buildings have been damaged, public transportation has been suspended, and multiple landslides occurred along one main highway in Miraflores district of the Lima province.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),