M 5.5 in Peru on 18 Jun 2024 02:22 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 1433635
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 99.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.8887 , -76.6968
Event Date: 18 Jun 2024 02:22 UTC
17 Jun 2024 21:22 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Jun 2024 02:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mt41 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Peru - Earthquake (ECHO 18 Jun 2024)Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:36

  • A 5.5 M earthquake at a depth of 99 km occurred on 18 June at 2:22 UTC in Loreto department, the northernmost part of Peru. The epicentre was located approximately 20 km south-southwest of Puerto Madres village, in Andoas District in Loreto Department.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that 133,000 people were exposed to light shaking.
  • According to media reports, as of 17 June, some educational structures have been damaged and several landslides have been triggered by the earthquake affecting several parts of the Pan American Highway.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),