Overview
- The quake occurred at 02:51 UTC on December 28 with an epicenter offshore about 36 km west of Puerto Santa, 40 km west of Coishco, and 94 km south of Trujillo.
- USGS measured the depth at roughly 66 km, and seismic agencies reported no tsunami threat.
- Residents in coastal cities, including Chimbote, reported noticeable shaking and some briefly left their homes, with no immediate reports of major injuries or severe infrastructure damage.
- USGS population exposure estimates indicate about 1.95 million felt light shaking, 702,000 moderate, and 1.02 million weak shaking.
- Hours later, a separate magnitude 4.6 quake occurred off the coast near Imperial, and authorities and seismologists are monitoring aftershocks in Peru’s seismically active subduction zone.