M 7.2 in Peru on 26 May 2022 12:02 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 1324071
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.2M
Depth: 217.83 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.8628 , -70.3081
Event Date: 26 May 2022 12:02 UTC
26 May 2022 07:02 Local
Exposed Population: 810000 people in MMI
800 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2022 12:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hcmn Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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: 777 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Apicultores de O’Higgins afectados por sequía reciben más de $40 millo ... 2022-05-30T11:55+0200.

Más de $40 millones de pesos en indemnizaciones recibieron 26 apicultores de la región de O’Higgins, usuarios de INDAP, quienes el año pasado se vieron afectados por la sequía que ocasionó una escasez de alimento para las abejas. De ellos,
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Las infraestructuras verdes como barrera al tsunami urbano2022-05-30T10:44+0200.

durante 2017 se instalaron 12 millones de m² de cubiertas verdes en 11 países de la UE , lo que supuso una inversión de unos 360 millones de euros. Se espera que llegue a los 35 millones de m² en cinco años, con una inversión superior a los
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University of Southern California: Tsunami threats are greatly…2022-05-30T10:34+0200.

The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000 and resulted in an estimated $10 billion in damage. It also ushered in a new understanding that potent
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Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 79 km southeast of Lima, Peru2022-05-30T09:35+0200.

Just 26 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Lima, Peru. The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday, May 30th, 2022, at 2:04 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 56.1 km below the surface. The event was filed
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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 (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),