M7.6 earthquake 155 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck 155 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru on Tue, Nov 24, 2015, 6:45 PM GMT-4 (22:45 UTC), 606 km (377 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.6 (mww), major
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-24 22:45:38 UTC
- Depth
- 606.2 km (376.7 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 10.537° S, 70.944° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 124
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10166), matched to this event by time and place.
NOAA’s record of this earthquake gives no deaths, injuries or damage.
Tsunami
The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.
Current tsunami warnings: tsunami.gov. Warnings in force in the US also appear on our alerts pages.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 1.0% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- -1.0 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
124 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 7.6 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 165°, dip 50°, rake -94°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 352°, dip 40°, rake -84°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.5 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 10°
- Stations used
- 757
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 4.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 7.6185 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3962 days ago · 621 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 15
- 4.6160 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3962 days ago · 595 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.7138 km W of Iñapari, Peru · 3962 days ago · 597 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.9184 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3960 days ago · 606 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100040ww (also filed as pt15328051, at00nycck1, gcmt20151124224538, iscgem612296714, atlas20151124224538). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC.