Peru earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 18 km SSE of Santa Lucía, Peru

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Santa Lucía, Peru on Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 4:00 PM GMT-5 (21:00 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 4:00 PM GMT-5
UTC: 2021-08-27 21:00:23 UTC
Depth: 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.848° S, 70.522° W
Region: Peru
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
4.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.044 · 157 stations
5.15	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 7.0 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 105°
Stations used: 180

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f513 (also filed as iscgem621009723). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC.