M5.6 earthquake 14 km ENE of Máncora, Peru
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 14 km ENE of Máncora, Peru on Mon, Dec 21, 1970, 8:48 PM GMT-5 (01:48 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 15 km NNE of Máncora, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1970-12-22 01:48:31 UTC
- Depth
- 31.5 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 4.078° S, 80.916° W
- Region
- Peru
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.41
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.213 km W of Cañaveral, Peru · 20363 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.224 km WNW of Cañaveral, Peru · 20359 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.915 km NNE of Máncora, Peru · 20357 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.312 km N of Máncora, Peru · 20329 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.218 km NE of Máncora, Peru · 20312 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 5.315 km NW of Papayal, Peru · 20365 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.219 km NW of Papayal, Peru · 20365 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.315 km WNW of Papayal, Peru · 20370 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.212 km NW of Papayal, Peru · 20373 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.76 km WSW of Papayal, Peru · 20374 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.220 km NE of Máncora, Peru · 20375 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.66 km ENE of Máncora, Peru · 20375 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.114 km N of El Alto, Peru · 20375 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.116 km WNW of Cañaveral, Peru · 20376 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.412 km NW of Papayal, Peru · 20376 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
- 7.29 km ENE of Papayal, Peru · 20376 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem789369. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.