M7.6 earthquake 185 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck 185 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru on Tue, Nov 24, 2015, 5:50 PM GMT-5 (22:50 UTC), 621 km (386 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 22:50:54 UTC
- Depth
- 620.6 km (385.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 10.060° S, 71.018° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 15
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10165), matched to this event by time and place.
NOAA’s record of this earthquake gives no deaths, injuries or damage.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 0.8% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- -1.7 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate 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 157°, dip 64°, rake -98°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 355°, dip 27°, rake -73°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.5 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 10°
- Stations used
- 655
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 4.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6160 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru · 3962 days ago · 595 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.9184 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3960 days ago · 606 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.1130 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil · 3960 days ago · 617 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100040x6 (also filed as gcmt20151124225053, iscgem608053212, atlas20151124225054). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC.