Peru Earthquake Today — Live Map & Recent Quakes

Track Peru earthquake today in real time with live map data and latest tremors updated every 60s from USGS. Peru, situated along the Pacific Ring of Fire, is one of South America's most seismically active nations.

Quakes Today

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Past 7 Days

4

Strongest (7d)

M4.8

M5+ Events

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Live Peru Earthquake Map

Earthquakes in Peru

4 events · Past 7 Days

  • M4.8

    106 km WSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru

    106 km deep

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    2d ago

  • M4.3

    1 km E of Camilaca, Peru

    123 km deep

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    5d ago

  • M4.5

    63 km WSW of Santiago, Peru

    24 km deep

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    5d ago

  • M4.5

    9 km WNW of Quicacha, Peru

    99 km deep

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    5d ago

Seismic Hazard Profile

About Earthquake Activity in Peru

Peru is situated along South America's central Pacific seaboard, where massive subduction processes generate regular large-magnitude earthquakes. With coastal metropolitan centers like Lima housing nearly one-third of the nation's population directly adjacent to locked seismic zones, monitoring is critical.

Why does Peru experience earthquakes?

Peru's seismicity is created by the subduction of the oceanic Nazca Plate diving eastward beneath the South American Plate along the Peru-Chile Trench at 6 to 7 centimeters per year. Offshore, this boundary produces massive megathrust quakes with destructive tsunamis. Inland, as the Nazca slab plunges beneath the continent at varying angles (including a prominent flat-slab subduction zone beneath central Peru), it drives deep crustal deformation, uplifting the high Andes and creating active shallow crustal faulting directly beneath highland valleys.

Key Facts About Peru Seismicity

Seismic Risk Level
ExtremeHazard Zone
Population Exposed

~34 million

Primary Seismology Agency

IGP

Instituto Geofísico del Perú

Major Faults & Trenches
  • Peru-Chile Trench
  • Nazca Ridge Subduction Zone
  • Cordillera Blanca Fault
  • Tambo Real Fault
Tectonic Setting

Nazca Plate subducting beneath the continental South American Plate

Notable Historic Quakes
  • 1970 Ancash Earthquake & Huascarán AvalancheM7.9
  • 2007 Pisco EarthquakeM8.0
  • 2001 Southern Peru (Arequipa) EarthquakeM8.4
FAQ · Peru

Frequently Asked Questions About Earthquakes in Peru

Expert answers to common questions about seismic risks, fault lines, and earthquake activity in Peru.

Check our live feed above for seismic activity recorded along the Peruvian coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon basin.

Peru sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire directly above the Peru-Chile Trench, where the oceanic Nazca Plate plunges beneath the South American Plate, producing intense subduction earthquakes and volcanic activity in southern Peru.

On May 31, 1970, an offshore magnitude 7.9 earthquake destabilized the northern face of Mount Huascarán, causing a colossal rock and ice avalanche that buried the town of Yungay and killed approximately 70,000 people.

The IGP is the scientific institution responsible for real-time earthquake detection, tsunami alerts, and the SASPe early warning system across Peru.

Maintain a designated 72-hour family emergency backpack (mochila de emergencia), establish an evacuation plan for unreinforced brick buildings, and head to high ground immediately if coastal shaking makes it difficult to stand.