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M 7.2 in Peru on 28 Jun 2024 05:36 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.2M
Glide number:	EQ-2024-000102-PER
Depth:	28 Km
Lat/Lon:	-15.8106 , -74.4447
Event Date:	28 Jun 2024 05:36 UTC 28 Jun 2024 00:36 Local
Exposed Population:	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000n8tq
Inserted at:	28 Jun 2024 05:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		0.4		1.6
us6000n8tq	Scaled population (raster)	2.9	Max wave alert	0.47m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.47m
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1579144	1.1	28 Jun 2024 05:36	7M, 60.2km	7.01	6 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:43)	00:07	PTWC
1579145	1.1	28 Jun 2024 05:36	7M, 60km	7.04	8 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:42)	00:09	NTWC
1579146	1.2	28 Jun 2024 05:36	7.2M, 28km	7.27	10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.5m (at 00:27)	00:17	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Peru ,of Arequipa (population 1,079,500) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	9600 people
	48000 people
	150000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Arequipa	Peru	16000 people
Ayacucho	Peru	no people
Arequipa	Peru	19000 people
Ayacucho	Peru	8500 people
Ica	Peru	1300 people
Arequipa	Peru	13000 people
Ayacucho	Peru	68000 people
Ica	Peru	53000 people
Apurimac	Peru	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Atiquipa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	7 km
Tanaca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	10 km
Yauca	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	18 km
Chala	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	22 km
Chala Viejo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	25 km
Chaviña	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	30 km
Bella Unión	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	47 km
Puerto de Lomas	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	51 km
Jaquí	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	36 km
El Convento	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	45 km
Acarí	Arequipa	Peru	Village	4200 people	46 km
Guarango	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	48 km
Achanizo	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	51 km
El Molino	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	55 km
Huarato	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	60 km
Cháparra	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	62 km
Huanuhuan	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	63 km
Chaipi	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	67 km
El Jaguay	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	68 km
Quicacha	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	71 km
Pampa Redonda	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	72 km
Torrecilla	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	74 km
Laguna Grande	Ica	Peru	Village	-	83 km
Lalaja	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	86 km
San Juan	Ica	Peru	Village	-	91 km
Santa Lucía	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	92 km
Pullo	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	93 km
Marcona	Ica	Peru	Village	15000 people	95 km
Sóndor	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	95 km
Incahuassi	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	97 km
Alto Calera	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	102 km
Poroma	Ica	Peru	Village	-	107 km
Pasañe	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	95 km
Santos	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	97 km
Mina Calpa	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	98 km
San Nicolás	Ica	Peru	Village	-	103 km
Uchuytambo	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	104 km
Chilhua	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	105 km
Muña Or	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	108 km
Chumpi	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	108 km
Cahuancho	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	108 km
Huallhua	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	111 km
Incuyo	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	112 km
Coracora	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	7400 people	112 km
Chaviña	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	112 km
Caravelí	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	115 km
Tambo Huayco	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	118 km
Tunga	Ica	Peru	Village	-	118 km
Ananta	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	119 km
Cristóbal	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	119 km
Nazca	Ica	Peru	Village	23000 people	120 km
San Pedro	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	121 km
Tambo-Quemado	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	123 km
Convento	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	123 km
Puquio	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	10000 people	127 km
La Yapana	Ica	Peru	Village	-	130 km
Pausa	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	131 km
Cerro de Arena	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	131 km
Quemado	Ica	Peru	Village	-	133 km
Lucanas	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	134 km
Lampa	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	135 km
Pescadores	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	143 km
El Ingenio	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	145 km
Ancuylla	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	146 km
Puerto Caballas	Ica	Peru	Village	-	147 km
Paucaray	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	147 km
Cunocuno	Arequipa	Peru	Village	-	150 km
Coyungo	Ica	Peru	Village	-	150 km
Ajtapa	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	151 km
Changuilla	Ica	Peru	Village	-	151 km
Montegrande	Ica	Peru	Village	-	160 km
Palpa	Ica	Peru	Village	5800 people	161 km
Urayhuma	Ayacucho	Peru	Village	-	162 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Yauca		150	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	24 km
San Juan de Marcona	SJA	44	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	90 km
Nazca		567	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	119 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Juan	PESJA	Peru	92 km
Atico	PEATI	Peru	93 km
San Nicolas	PESNX	Peru	104 km

More information

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