M 5.6 in Peru on 31 Jul 2026 00:58 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 1555237
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 154.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.3349 , -74.4353
Event Date: 31 Jul 2026 00:58 UTC
30 Jul 2026 19:58 Local
Exposed Population: 180 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2026 01:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000th4k Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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

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BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Peru-Brazil Border Region at 0058 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 144.7 km, was initially determine
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Peru-Brazil border region 7/31/2026 1:21:00 AM.

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Peru-Brazil Border Region at 0058 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 144.7 km, was initially determine
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Peru-Brazil border region 7/31/2026 1:21:00 AM.

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Peru-Brazil Border Region at 0058 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 144.7 km, was initially determine
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),