July 18, 2017 Earthquake: Arequipa, Peru
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Arequipa, Peru on July 18, 2017 at 02:05:19 UTC, 44 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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
- July 18, 2017
- Time
- 02:05:19 UTC
- Place
- Arequipa, Peru
- Magnitude
- 6.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 44 km (27 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 16.416° S, 73.636° W
- Country
- Peru
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
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.
At least one dead and one wounded as a result of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Peru on Monday night and caused landslides that blocked the Pan-American Highway, which links the Arequipa region with Lima, the regional governor Yamila Osorio said today. (reference #11954)
One person killed and 1 injured by rockfalls at Camana. Landslides blocked several sections of the Pan American Highway between Arequipa and Lima. Camana, Arequipa, Peru - CDI: 7; Acari, Arequipa, Peru - CDI: 4; Nazca, Ica, Peru - CDI: 4; Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru - CDI: 4; Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile - CDI: 4 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 13, 1784, Arequipa,camana,moquegua,tambo, Peru
- July 10, 1821, Camana, Ocona, Caraveli, Peru
- June 23, 2001, Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Ayacucho, Peru
- January 13, 1960, Arequipa,chuquibamba,caraveli,cotahuasi, Peru
- December 2, 1914, Pararca,paysa,colta,oyala, Peru
- January 15, 1958, Arequipa, Peru
- February 16, 1979, Arequipa, Peru
- May 7, 1647, Peru
- August 15, 2016, Arequipa, Peru
- January 14, 2018, Yauca, Peru
- August 11, 2017, Arequipa, Peru
- April 3, 1999, Camana, Arequipa, Peru
- August 19, 1869, Arequipa, Peru
- July 28, 1913, Arequipa, Peru
- July 5, 2001, Caraveli, Chala, Arica, Iquique, Parinacota, Peru
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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 10284.