Reported by EMSC4d ago
M3.3 earthquake in Near Coast of Central Peru
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 03:15:13 UTC · 12.330°S, 76.840°W
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck in Near Coast of Central Peru on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 03:15:13 UTC, at a depth of 65.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.3
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 65 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency LIM
- Nearest tracker
- 38 km
- from Lima
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
1 tons of TNT
That is about 1/11,203 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 355 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
184 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Nazca and South American plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
65 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 331 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.221 km SE of Huacho, PeruMay 24, 1940 · 140 km NW of this epicenter
- 8.167 km W of Paramonga, PeruOctober 17, 1966 · 252 km NW of this epicenter
- 8.041 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, PeruAugust 15, 2007 · 120 km S of this epicenter
- 7.623 km E of Santa Rosa, PeruNovember 1, 1947 · 281 km NE of this epicenter
- 7.677 km WSW of Callao, PeruOctober 3, 1974 · 104 km W of this epicenter
- 7.287 km SW of Callao, PeruNovember 9, 1974 · 104 km W of this epicenter
- 6.928 km W of Paramonga, PeruSeptember 24, 1963 · 231 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.939 km SW of Santiago, PeruOctober 28, 2011 · 253 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 52 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 7,413 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1746M8.0
Lima, Callao
29 Oct 1746 · 54 km away · intensity XI
5,941 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 2007M8.0
Ica, Pisco, Lima
15 Aug 2007 · 120 km away · intensity VIII
596 deaths$600 million damagetsunami
- 1947M7.6
Satipo,Andamarca,Acobamba,La Merced,Victoc
1 Nov 1947 · 281 km away · intensity X
233 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1940M8.2
Peru
24 May 1940 · 204 km away · intensity X
179 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1969M6.6
Huaytapallana, Lampa, Chilifruta
1 Oct 1969 · 202 km away · intensity XI
130 deaths$5 million damage
- 1966M8.1
Lima,Huacho,Huaura, Chancay,Supe,San Nicolas
17 Oct 1966 · 263 km away · intensity IX
110 deaths$35 million damagetsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.