City seismic atlas · Peru

Reported earthquakes near Lima

Lima anchors a 300 km search across part of central Peru and the adjacent Pacific margin. The page groups USGS-reported epicentres by distance to the city centre and does not reproduce an official national catalogue or shaking map.

Centre
-12.043, -77.028
Radius
300 km
Time zone
America/Lima

USGS · 2016–2025

Reported M4+ history near Lima

Source period:

M4.0+
341
M5.0+
47
M6.0+
0

Strongest event in the period

M5.9 · 62 km SW of Santiago, Peru

UTC
Oct 28, 2022, 8:22 PM
Depth
14 km
Distance from search centre
291 km
Original source ↗

Nearest event in the period

M4.8 · 13 km WNW of Urb. Santo Domingo, Peru

UTC
Oct 28, 2016, 3:47 AM
Depth
67.37 km
Distance from search centre
25 km
Original source ↗

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Saved snapshot for the period dated below; it may be outdated. The latest shared package is requested when this page opens.

Shared package · 30 days

Recently reported earthquakes near Lima

5 M2.5+ events within 300 km in the shared 30-day package

Lima-12.043, -77.028Loading interactive map…

Package generated: . Source of earthquake data: U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquake24 methodology

What this view means

This page selects reported epicentres within 300 km of the GeoNames coordinates for Lima. Historical counts use magnitude 4.0 or greater over ten complete calendar years. Recent events come from Earthquake24's shared 30-day package.

GeoNames records a population of 7,737,002 for this entry. It is a source field, not a metropolitan population figure.

Source of earthquake data: U.S. Geological Survey. USGS does not endorse Earthquake24 or ZENIT GROUP S.A.S.. City search data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.