May 6, 2010 Earthquake: Tacna, Peru

Name: May 6, 2010 Earthquake: Tacna, Peru
Start: 2010-05-06
Location: Tacna, Peru

May 6, 2010 · M6.2

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Tacna, Peru on May 6, 2010 at 02:42:47 UTC, 37 km below the surface.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: May 6, 2010
Time: 02:42:47 UTC
Place: Tacna, Peru
Magnitude: 6.2 (Mw)
Focal depth: 37 km (23 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 18.058° S, 70.547° W
Country: Peru

The toll

Injuries: 11
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses damaged: Some (about 51 to 100) with its tsunami and other effects

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Eleven people injured, some buildings slightly

damaged (V), utilities disrupted and landslides in the

Tacna area, Peru. Felt (IV) at Moquegua and Ilo; (III)

at Arequipa, Juliaca and Puno; (II) at Puerto

Maldonado. Also felt at Acari, Ayaviri, Camana, Chivay

and Tarata. Felt (V) at Arica; (IV) Alto Hospicio,

Camina, Iquique and Pozo Almonte; (III) at Huara; (II)

at Pica and Quillagua, Chile. Also felt at Antofagasta

and Tocopilla. Felt (III) at La Paz and Oruro,

Bolivia. Also felt at Cochabamba and El Alto. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

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Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 9513.