2001 Punta de Bombón earthquake

The shock struck at 04:38 local time with its epicentre 51 km southwest of Punta de Bombón, in Peru's Arequipa region. Catalogue records place it at shallow depth off the southern Peruvian coast.

Origin time (UTC)

2001-07-07T09:38

Magnitude

7.6

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

33

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000aj40

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: peru, arequipa, offshore, shallow

Coordinates: -17.543, -72.077

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in South America since 1990

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