2021 Barranca, Peru earthquake

The shock struck northern Peru early on a Sunday, with its epicentre in the Amazon region 42 kilometres north-northwest of the city of Barranca. It damaged buildings and left several roads blocked with rubble.

Origin time (UTC)

2021-11-28T10:52

Magnitude

7.5

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

126

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000fxq2

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: peru, amazon, barranca, intermediate depth

Coordinates: -4.4667, -76.8126

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

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