M 4.8 in Peru on 23 Jul 2026 02:38 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 1553511
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 96.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.3095 , -72.8016
Event Date: 23 Jul 2026 02:38 UTC
22 Jul 2026 21:38 Local
Exposed Population:
180 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 23 Jul 2026 03:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t2ku Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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

Peru declares emergency in 2 districts after 5.1-magnitude quake 7/23/2026 5:13:00 PM.

LIMA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The Peruvian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency in two districts of the central Junin department after a recent 5.1-magnitude earthquake killed six people. According to a supreme decree published
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Peru declares emergency in 2 districts after 5.1 magnitude quake 7/23/2026 5:00:00 PM.

LIMA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The Peruvian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency in two districts of the central Junin department after a recent 5.1-magnitude earthquake killed six people. According to a supreme decree published
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Peru declares emergency in 2 districts after 5.1-magnitude quake 7/23/2026 4:58:00 PM.

LIMA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The Peruvian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency in two districts of the central Junin department after a recent 5.1-magnitude earthquake killed six people. According to a supreme decree published
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Peru declares emergency in 2 districts after 5.1-magnitude quake 7/23/2026 4:51:00 PM.

LIMA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The Peruvian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency in two districts of the central Junin department after a recent 5.1-magnitude earthquake killed six people. According to a supreme decree published
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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),