M8.0 Earthquake — 78 km NE of Navarro, Peru

A magnitude 8.0 (great) earthquake struck 78 km NE of Navarro, Peru on 2019-05-26 07:41 UTC, at a depth of 123 km. See it live on Earth Live's real-time 3D globe.

USGS PAGER orange: significant casualties and damage likely — the USGS estimate of human and economic impact.

This is the USGS oceanic-region flag. It is not a tsunami warning. For official alerts check tsunami.gov and your national authority.

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Source: USGS event page. The TNT equivalent is computed from the magnitude with the standard Gutenberg–Richter energy relation; all other figures are USGS's own.

This area's earthquake history

In the year before this quake, USGS recorded 18 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more within 300 km.

Strongest recorded within 300 km since 1900:

• M7.5 — 43 km NNW of Barranca, Peru · 2021-11-28
• M7.5 — 16 km W of Barranca, Peru · 1906-09-28
• M7.5 — 39 km NW of Yurimaguas, Peru · 2005-09-26

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