M 5.8 in Near Coast Of Peru on 23 Jun 2021 02:54 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 1274286
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 50.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.6874 , -76.7208
Event Date: 23 Jun 2021 02:54 UTC
22 Jun 2021 21:54 Local
Exposed Population: About 51000 people in MMI
9400000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jun 2021 03:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000efd5 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Peru - Earthquake (ECHO 24 Jun 2021)Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:33

  • An earthquake of 5.8 M (6.0 M as reported by the Geophysics Institute of Peru - IGP) at a depth of 51 km occurred approximately 7 km west off the coast of Lima Region (central Peru) on 23 June at 2.54 UTC (22 June at 21.54 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 10 km west-southwest of Mala City (Mala District, Cañete Province) and 52 km south of Lima.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 58,000 people were exposed to strong shaking. Two aftershocks with a magnitude of 3.8 M and 4.8 M have been recorded in the area.
  • According to the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), no tsunami alert for the Peruvian coast has been issued.
  • The National Institute of Civil Defense reports, 21 houses affected, damage to communication routes and power outages in the Lima area. 
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),