M 4.6 in Peru on 31 May 2021 11:15 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 1271054
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.4573 , -69.963
Event Date: 31 May 2021 11:15 UTC
31 May 2021 06:15 Local
Exposed Population:
430000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 May 2021 12:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Peru= 4.6; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000eg9a Scaled population (vector) 5.44  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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

Articles: 34 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

51 años de la conmoción mundial por YungayMon, 31 May 2021 14:49:00 +0200.

Columna de opinión | Internacionalista Teniendo como marco poco feliz, el reciente anuncio del Instituto Geofísico del Perú, de un posible terremoto en nuestro país de magnitud superior a 8.5 grados en la escala de Richter, hoy recordamos
...(more)
Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU on Monday, 31 ... Mon, 31 May 2021 11:49:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred early morning on Monday 31 May 2021 at 4:31 am local time near Puerto Viejo, Provincia de Caravelí, Arequipa, Peru, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). According to
...(more)
Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - SOUTHERN PERU on Saturday, 29 May 2021 ... Sat, 29 May 2021 11:22:00 +0200.

Moderate 4.4 quake hits near Tacna, Provincia de Tacna, Peru Just 14 minutes ago, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Tacna, Provincia de Tacna, Peru. The tremor was recorded early morning on Saturday 29 May 2021 at 4:04 am local time, a
...(more)
Immigration bureau sued for locking up 17 foreigners in small roomSat, 29 May 2021 01:11:00 +0200.

Four foreigners have sued the Osaka immigration bureau over the pain they suffered in 2018 for being locked up with 13 other detainees in a small room at its facility despite a major earthquake in the region, their lawyer said Friday. In th
...(more)

View more news

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