July 30, 2021 Earthquake: Piura, Peru
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Piura, Peru on July 30, 2021 at 17:10:19 UTC, 32 km below the surface.
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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
- July 30, 2021
- Time
- 17:10:19 UTC
- Place
- Piura, Peru
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 32 km (20 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 4.934° S, 80.602° W
- Country
- Peru
The toll
- Injuries
- 34
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 42
- Houses damaged
- 831
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.
House destroyed: 42; House damaged 831 ; bridges destroyed: 3; Injured (2 hospitalized, 32 discharged).(reference #13014)
Damaged: 33 educational institutions, 11 health centers, 10 religious temples, 395 homes. 41 homes uninhabitable. 26 people injured. (reference #12995)
721 injured (reference #1250)
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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 10560.