Overview
- The strongest recent event was a magnitude 4.8 near Jaén, Cajamarca, at about 22 km depth, which was lightly felt in nearby Piura and caused no reported damage.
- Argentina’s Salta province recorded a shallow 4.1–4.4 quake at roughly 10 km depth that residents felt, with authorities reporting no injuries or serious damage.
- Peru’s seismic network also logged smaller shakes near Aucayacu and Cabanaconde and a deeper magnitude 4.0 near Chuschi in Ayacucho, all without confirmed impacts.
- Depth helped determine what people felt, because shallow quakes send more energy to the surface than deeper ones of the same magnitude.
- INDECI urged families to stock an emergency kit and follow real-time alerts from IGP and CENSIS, noting Peru sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire where frequent small quakes occur.