M 4.8 in Peru on 21 May 2017 10:14 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 1113512
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 73.08 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.7326 , -79.8949
Event Date: 21 May 2017 10:14 UTC
21 May 2017 05:14 Local
Exposed Population:
1520000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 May 2017 10:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Peru= 4.6; Ecuador= 4.3

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.8 -0.8
us10008u0i Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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

Inilah 5 Fakta Penting Seputar Bom Bunuh Diri di Kampung Melayu 5/25/2017 10:00:00 AM.

Jadi Korban Saat Amankan Pawai Obor. Ketiga polisi yang tewas tengah bertugas mengamankan pawai obor menjelang Ramadhan di sekitar Kampung Melayu. Ridho Setiawan, Taufan Tsunami dan Imam Gilang Adinatayang akan dimakamkan hari Kamis (25/5).
...(more)
Almarhum Briptu Taufan Sempat Minta Dibuatkan Mi Instan ke Adiknya 5/25/2017 9:39:00 AM.

KOMPAS.COM/Anggita Muslimah Denanda, adik dari almarhum Briptu Taufan Tsunami usai upacara pemakaman di TPU Pondok Ranggon Jakarta Timur, Kamis (25/5/2017). JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Adik bungsu dari almarhum Briptu Taufan Tsunami, Denanda (
...(more)
Perú en cima del mundo: escalador alcanzó la cumbre del Everest 5/23/2017 9:43:00 PM.

Muchos años de esfuerzo y dedicación rindieron frutos. El montañista peruano Victor Rímac alcanzó el sueño de todo escalador: llegar a la cumbre del monte Everest , que a sus 8848 metros sobre el nivel del mar es el punto más alto del plane
...(more)
Perú en la cima del mundo: escalador huaracino alcanza cumbre del Ever.. 5/23/2017 8:42:00 PM.

Muchos años de esfuerzo y dedicación rindieron frutos. El montañista peruano Victor Rimac alcanzó el sueño de todo escalador: llegar a la cumbre del monte Everest , que a sus 8848 metros sobre el nivel del mar es el punto más alto del plane
...(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),