M 5.6 in Peru on 14 Jul 2026 08:21 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 1551779
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 140.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.5779 , -71.4358
Event Date: 14 Jul 2026 08:21 UTC
14 Jul 2026 03:21 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 14 Jul 2026 08:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t0a3 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)

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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),