June 7, 2020 Earthquake: Chimbote, Coast, Peru
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Chimbote, Coast, Peru on June 7, 2020 at 05:27:22 UTC, 57 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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
- June 7, 2020
- Time
- 05:27:22 UTC
- Place
- Chimbote, Coast, Peru
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 57 km (35 mi)
- Intensity
- 4 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 9.547° S, 78.676° W
- Country
- Peru
The toll
- Deaths
- 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.
A young man with a hearing loss died this morning at his home from cardiac arrest after the 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Samanco district of the Ancash coast (reference #12723)
One person died from a heart attack at Samanco. Chimbote, Ancash, Peru - CDI: 4; Lima, Lima Provincias, Peru - CDI: 2 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 31, 1970, Northern, Pisco, Chiclayo, Peru
- January 7, 1725, Trujillo, Ancash, Lima, Peru
- November 10, 1946, Jocaibamba,cerro Angaschaj,cerro Sillapata, Peru
- February 14, 1619, Trujillo, Piura, Santa, Peru
- October 17, 1966, Lima,huacho,huaura, Chancay,supe,san Nicolas, Peru
- February 21, 1996, Chimbote, Callao, Northern, Peru
- April 18, 1962, Casma,huaraz,quiruvilca,trujillo, Peru
- October 2, 1987, Santaog DE Chuco, Trujillo, Chimbote, Peru
- September 24, 1963, Huayllacayan,cajacay,malyas,malvas,huaraz, Peru
- January 11, 1986, Huarmey, Casma, Huarax, Chimbote, Peru
- August 21, 1985, Chimbote, Coast, Peru
- June 18, 1678, Lima,salinas-Huaura,lima,callao,chancay, Peru
- February 14, 1658, Trujillo, Peru
- September 3, 1967, Off Coast, 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 10503.