May 12, 2022 Earthquake: Lima, Callao, Chilca, Peru
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Lima, Callao, Chilca, Peru on May 12, 2022 at 21:55:48 UTC, 53 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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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
- May 12, 2022
- Time
- 21:55:48 UTC
- Place
- Lima, Callao, Chilca, Peru
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 53 km (33 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 12.378° S, 76.870° W
- Country
- Peru
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 4
- Houses damaged
- 4
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.
2 fatalities: 84 year old (heart attack) and a child (fall from 4th floor of building). At least eight injured. At least four homes damaged (Lima, Callao, Huaral). (reference #13235)
2 deaths 11 injured, 4 houses destroyed, 4 houses damaged (Dept. Lima). Intensity of V in Chilca (reference #13236)
One person killed at Huaral and another died from a heart attack at San Martin de Porres. At least 8 people injured and some houses and other buildings damaged in the Callao-Huaral area. Rockslides occurred along Circuito de Playas. Chilca, Lima Provincias, Peru - CDI: 7; Mala, Lima Provincias, Peru - CDI: 6 ;Santiago, Ica, Peru - CDI: 6; Nicolas de Pierola, Arequipa, Peru - CDI: 5; San Luis, Lima Provincias, Peru - CDI: 5 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1657, Lima,callao, Peru
- 1654, Lima, Chile, Peru
- October 29, 1746, Lima, Callao, Peru
- October 20, 1687, Lima, Peru
- August 15, 2007, Ica, Pisco, Lima, Peru
- October 3, 1974, Lima, Callao, Peru
- March 30, 1828, Lima, Callao, Peru
- July 10, 1586, Lima, Peru
- December 24, 1937, Huancabamba,oxapampa,el Progreso,san David, Peru
- January 5, 1974, Lima, Yauyos, Peru
- April 18, 1993, Lima, Peru
- July 19, 2026, Junin, Peru
- January 8, 1865, Peru
- May 28, 1948, Canete, Peru
- March 28, 1982, Coast, Lunahuana, Lima, Huancayo, 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 10617.