M5.2 earthquake 91 km S of Pacocha, Peru
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 91 km S of Pacocha, Peru on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 5:30 AM GMT-5 (10:30 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-08 10:30:38 UTC
- Depth
- 38.2 km (23.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.474° S, 71.323° W
- Region
- Peru
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.054 · 33 stations |
| 5.19 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.1 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.2 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 169°, dip 29°, rake -36°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 292°, dip 73°, rake -114°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 111
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000et4x (also filed as iscgem620773511). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.