Major mag. 7.1 earthquake - Near Coast of Peru on Sunday, 14 January 2018 - information
Major mag. 7.1 earthquake - Near Coast of Peru on Sunday, 14 January 2018
Jan 14 09:25: Magnitude recalculated from 7.1 to 7.2.
Jan 14 09:41: Magnitude recalculated from 7.2 to 7.1.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 38.0 km.
Jan 14 09:41: Magnitude recalculated from 7.2 to 7.1.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 38.0 km.
Date & time: Sun, 14 Jan 09:18:46 UTC
Magnitude: 7.1
Depth: 38.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.72°S / 74.56°W [Map]
Nearest volcano: Sara Sara (128 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
Magnitude: 7.1
Depth: 38.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.72°S / 74.56°W [Map]
Nearest volcano: Sara Sara (128 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Location | Map | Source |
| Sun, 14 Jan | ||||
| Sun, 14 Jan 09:18 UTC | M 7.1 / 36.3 km | - 40km SSW of Acari, Peru | [Map] | USGS |
| Sun, 14 Jan 09:18 UTC | M 7.3 / 10 km | NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU | [Map] | EMSC |
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Rio de Janeiro (3352.6 km ESE from epicenter) [Map] / not felt: No lo sentimos Nadia en Río de Janeiro (via app)
arequipa / MMI III (Weak shaking): In the morning, I woke up from shaking. It last around 30 seconds.
Barranco / MMI III (Weak shaking)
Arequipa / MMI III (Weak shaking)
Buenos Aires (2646 km SE from epicenter) [Map] / not felt: No hubo ningun tipo de movimiento (via app)
Iquique / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Santa Cruz da Serra, Duque de Caxias, RJ (3367.2 km ESE from epicenter) [Map] / not felt: En mi casa no hubo cualquier movimiento tectónico perceptible. (via app)
(492.2 km NNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI II (Very weak shaking): Leve intensidad , duración aprox 40 seg (via app)
Arequipa city (324 km ESE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking): Movimiento fuerte, duró buen tiempo. (via app)
(482.1 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI II (Very weak shaking)
chincha / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Huacachina Ica / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
Arequipa / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Ica, peru / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
(482.9 km NNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VII (Very strong shaking): Mi casa temblo fuerte y mart tierra se movia en ondas lentas pero intensas (via app)
Miraflores, Lima, Peru (480.8 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI II (Very weak shaking)
Lunahuaná (350.8 km NNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking): Approx 1 minute light shaking and rumbling. Dogs barking. (via app)
Pueblo Libre, Lima. I felt just a noise.. (487 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI II (Very weak shaking): I just felt a noise.... (via app)
Barranco lima / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Cayma, Arequipa (332.6 km ESE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking): Seemed to last about 15 seconds.
Lima / MMI II (Very weak shaking)
Ica (Peru) (218 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintio fuerte y con ruido (via EMSC)
Mala (Peru) (402 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Sismo moderado de larga duración (via EMSC)
San Miguel (Peru) (487 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Actually, my wife felt it, not me. . .but Imheard our dogs sounding the alarm. (via EMSC)
Mollendo (Peru) (312 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió fuertecito, duro bastante tiempo pero no entiendo porque aquí en Perú registran de 6.7 y ustedes los registran con 7.1 (via EMSC)
Huaral (Peru) (546 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Aquí en Huaral no lo sentí (via EMSC)
Callao (Peru) (491 km NW from epicenter)(no details): started as very light movement and got more intense (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (481 km NW from epicenter)(no details): It certainly woke me up from my sleep. Lasted maybe 30 secs? Long waves it seemed. This quake is long overdue as I haven't felt one, even minor ones in over a month (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (477 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Fue particularmente largo y de intensidad uniforme. (via EMSC)
Distrito de Lima (Peru) (475 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Shook me from a sound sleep. Glad I wasn’t fully aware what was happening !! (via EMSC)
Jose Luis Bustamante Y Rivero (Peru) (340 km E from epicenter)(no details): Fue un fuerte sismo (via EMSC)
(Peru) (292 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Lots of noise and trembling here. No damage. Lasted about 1-2 minutes (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (475 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió por barranco (via EMSC)
Chorrillos (Peru) (470 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Me desperto por el tmpo de duración... La intensidad fue de leve-moderada... Sonaron las ventanas de forma constante... Espere más de 30 SEG. Para pararme y despertar a todos... Pero gracias a Dios termino!! ... (via EMSC)
Cerro Colorado (Peru) (334 km E from epicenter)(no details): En Arequipa Perú se sintió como de grado 4 (via EMSC)
Alto Hospicio (Chile) (694 km SE from epicenter)(no details): I happened to already be awake but I felt the gentle swaying movements on the 7th story of my apartment building. Lasted a fair while. (via EMSC)
La Tirana (Chile) (731 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Moderado aquí en La Tirana, Chile. (via EMSC)
Arica (Chile) (549 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió suavemente en Arica (via EMSC)
Arica (Chile) (547 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Fuerte. (via EMSC)
(Peru) (502 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Very mild, it it was not 4 in the morning, I would probably not even notice. (I was actually not sure it was an earthquake, that’s why I started googling and found this page!)
(Great webpage btw!) (via EMSC)
Los Olivos (Peru) (494 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Duro mucho tiempo pero se sintió despacio, como si mecieron tu cama mHoras 49;folletos 16ientras duermes (via EMSC)
Los Olivos (Peru) (493 km NW from epicenter)(no details): I live in lima. It was felt just the large period waves, only slight movement. Nosound. (via EMSC)
Los Olivos (Peru) (492 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Fue largo y fuerte.. Me asusté mucho (via EMSC)
La Perla (Peru) (487 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se empezó a meser la cama y sonar los vidrios del ventanal. Jodeeer (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (485 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Aunque se sintió suave en Lima duro buen tiempo (via EMSC)
Lima (Peru) (484 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Despertamos con duradero sismo. (via EMSC)
Lima (Peru) (484 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Esta aplicacion te alerta sobre tsunamis?? (via EMSC)
Magdalena del Mar (Peru) (482 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió un movimiento largo como de hamaca (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (480 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Me despertó en la noche (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (476 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió fuerte y duro bastante tiempo (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (475 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Santiago de Surco, Lima.Felt the bed shaking for about a minute, then the windows started to shake slightly.Lasted about a minute or just over. (via EMSC)
Santiago de Surco (Peru) (474 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Las arañas de luz se movieron luego de un largo período de ruido sordo propio de los sismos. (via EMSC)
Lima (Peru) (474 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Mi mascota me aviso, luego el espejo y mamparas sonaban.Fue largo. (via EMSC)
Barranco District (Peru) (474 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió fuerte y muy largo, a pesar de estar lejos del epicentro (via EMSC)
La Molina (Peru) (474 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Duro harto (via EMSC)
La Molina (Peru) (473 km NW from epicenter)(no details): In Lima East was longe but slow, near to one minute (via EMSC)
Cercado de Lima (Peru) (460 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Pensé que iba a ser terremoto (via EMSC)
Moquegua (Peru) (421 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió hasta Moquegua. (via EMSC)
Asia (Peru) (391 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Movimiento largo en tiempo. Cero ruido y movimiento horizontal (via EMSC)
Cusco (Peru) (370 km NE from epicenter)(no details): 15 sec (via EMSC)
Imperial (Peru) (349 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Leve y largo movimiento en un 3er piso (via EMSC)
Mariano Melgar (Peru) (336 km E from epicenter)(no details): En Arequipa se sintió fuerte y fue bien largo (via EMSC)
Arequipa (Peru) (335 km E from epicenter)(no details): Extraño temblor por aquí..Espero que no haya perjudicados. (via EMSC)
Arequipa (Peru) (331 km E from epicenter)(no details): Sin ruido. Mas movimiento oscilante (via EMSC)
Arequipa (Peru) (331 km E from epicenter)(no details): Fue muy fuerte (via EMSC)
Camaná (Peru) (223 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Se sintio ondulado, fuerte, tuvimos que abandonar la casa por alerta de sunami (via EMSC)
Ica (Peru) (220 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Se sintió muy fuerte (via EMSC)
(Peru) (218 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Hummm (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (aftershocks) - show
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Location | Map | Source | |
| Tue, 16 Jan | |||||
| Tue, 16 Jan 15:02 UTC | M 4.8 / 43.8 km - [info] | (134 km) | - 38km S of Acari, Peru |  | USGS |
| Nazca (109.9 km NNW from epicenter) / MMI IV (Light shaking) (via app) | |||||
| Yanaquihua (Peru) (189 km E from epicenter)(no details): Leve pero largo (via EMSC) | |||||
| Fri, 19 Jan | |||||
| Fri, 19 Jan 04:23 UTC | M 4.1 / 23 km - [info] | (136 km) | Peru | | IGP |
| Fri, 19 Jan 17:44 UTC | M 5.0 / 40 km - [info] | (150 km) | 290 km al SE de Pisco | | GUG (U. Chile) |
| Sun, 21 Jan | |||||
| Sun, 21 Jan 06:40 UTC | M 5.1 / 8 km - [info] | (153 km) | NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU | | EMSC |
| Ilo (423.9 km S from epicenter) / MMI II (Very weak shaking) (via app) | |||||
| Fri, 26 Jan | |||||
| Fri, 26 Jan 14:31 UTC | M 4.6 / 25 km - [info] | (158 km) | Peru | [Map] | IGP |
| Fri, 26 Jan 22:27 UTC | M 4.7 / 10 km - [info] | (156 km) | - 51km SSW of Acari, Peru | [Map] | USGS |
| Sat, 27 Jan | |||||
| Sat, 27 Jan 03:27 UTC | M 4.6 / 42 km - [info] | (167 km) | Peru | | IGP |
| Sat, 27 Jan 20:26 UTC | M 4.7 / 10 km - [info] | (134 km) | - 56km S of Acari, Peru | | USGS |
| Sun, 28 Jan | |||||
| Sun, 28 Jan 06:03 UTC | M 4.8 / 10 km - [info] | (174 km) | - 73km SSW of Acari, Peru | | USGS |
| Mon, 29 Jan | |||||
| Mon, 29 Jan 11:25 UTC | M 4.7 / 44 km - [info] | (112 km) | NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU | [Map] | EMSC |
| Tue, 30 Jan | |||||
| Tue, 30 Jan 14:23 UTC | M 5.4 / 35 km - [info] | (134 km) | Near Coast of Peru | | GFZ |
| Arequipa Bustamante y Rivero (332.5 km S from epicenter) / MMI II (Very weak shaking) (via app) | |||||
| Mon, 5 Feb | |||||
| Mon, 5 Feb 22:30 UTC | M 4.7 / 10 km - [info] | (152 km) | - 57km SSW of Acari, Peru | | USGS |
| Wed, 7 Feb | |||||
| Wed, 7 Feb 13:55 UTC | M 4.2 / 10 km - [info] | (177 km) | NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU | | EMSC |
| Sun, 11 Feb | |||||
| Sun, 11 Feb 04:11 UTC | M 5.3 / 10 km - [info] | (154 km) | Near Coast of Peru | | GFZ |
| Arica (Chile) (454 km SE from epicenter)(no details): Estaba viendo casi al paraíso en el canal etc y se me empezó a mover la raja intensamente me asuste mucho pe (via EMSC) | |||||
| Majes (Peru) (188 km E from epicenter)(no details): Leve se sintió en yanaquihua Arequipa (via EMSC) | |||||
| Sun, 11 Feb 18:06 UTC | M 4.6 / 49.6 km - [info] | (148 km) | - 71km S of Acari, Peru | | USGS |
| Mon, 19 Feb | |||||
| Mon, 19 Feb 08:56 UTC | M 4.6 / 54 km - [info] | (88 km) | NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU | | EMSC |
| Wed, 4 Apr | |||||
| Wed, 4 Apr 05:25 UTC | M 4.6 / 48 km - [info] | (151 km) | Peru | | IGP |
| (90.4 km NE from epicenter) / not felt | |||||
| Fri, 6 Apr | |||||
| Fri, 6 Apr 00:40 UTC | M 5.3 / 10 km - [info] | (220 km) | Near Coast of Peru | | GFZ |
| Fri, 6 Apr 04:16 UTC | M 4.9 / 20 km - [info] | (247 km) | Peru | [Map] | IGP |
| Fri, 6 Apr 09:16 UTC | M 4.9 / 20 km - [info] | (247 km) | Peru | | IGP |
| Mon, 9 Apr | |||||
| Mon, 9 Apr 19:08 UTC | M 5.1 / 49 km - [info] | (145 km) | Peru | | IGP |
| Sat, 14 Apr | |||||
| Sat, 14 Apr 18:52 UTC | M 4.0 / 52 km - [info] | (121 km) | Peru | | IGP |
