June 23, 2021 Earthquake: Mala, Canete, Peru

Date

June 23, 2021

Time

02:54:18 UTC

Place

Mala, Canete, Peru

Magnitude

5.8 (Mw)

Focal depth

50 km (31 mi)

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

12.687° S, 76.721° W

Country

Peru

Deaths

1

Injuries

20

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses destroyed

6

Houses damaged

Few (about 1 to 50)

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.

• 1657, Lima,callao, Peru11,000 deaths · 33 km
• 1654, Lima, Chile, Peru11,000 deaths · 67 km
• October 29, 1746, Lima, Callao, PeruM8 · 5,941 deaths · 93 km
• October 20, 1687, Lima, PeruM8.5 · 5,000 deaths · 94 km
• August 15, 2007, Ica, Pisco, Lima, PeruM8 · 596 deaths · $600 million · 93,708 houses destroyed · 79 km
• May 12, 1664, Ica, Pisco, PeruM7.3 · 400 deaths · 186 km
• October 3, 1974, Lima, Callao, PeruM8.1 · 78 deaths · $10 million · 125 km
• December 18, 1594, Ica, Peru40 deaths · 166 km
• March 30, 1828, Lima, Callao, PeruM8.3 · 30 deaths · 133 km
• July 10, 1586, Lima, PeruM8.5 · 22 deaths · 115 km
• January 5, 1974, Lima, Yauyos, PeruM6.3 · 10 deaths · 59 km
• April 18, 1993, Lima, PeruM6.3 · 6 deaths · 30 houses destroyed · 117 km
• July 19, 2026, Junin, PeruM5.5 · 6 deaths · 4,846 houses destroyed · 170 km
• January 8, 1865, Peru5 deaths · 87 km
• May 28, 1948, Canete, PeruM7 · 4 deaths · 42 km

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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 10553.