Earthquake details

Sunday, June 7, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Peru on Sunday, June 7, 1970 at 18:58 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Chimbote (Peru - PE), about 96.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -78.011 and latitude -8.423.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	-8.423, -78.011
UTC time	1970-06-07 18:58:19.010

Location	Chimbote
Country	Peru (PE)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-06-07

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Chimbote	96.8 km
Trujillo	117.3 km
Centenario	132.7 km
Huaraz	134.0 km
Cajamarca	150.2 km
Chocope	150.8 km
Tocache	166.3 km
Juanjuí	198.2 km
Chepén	205.2 km
Pacasmayo	206.3 km
Saña	241.0 km
Tingo María	242.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.5

Trujillo

Peru · 2026-09-21 03:58 UTC

93.9 km

M 4.6

Chimbote

Peru · 2026-07-23 02:55 UTC

180.4 km

M 4.3

Chimbote

Peru · 2026-02-10 23:11 UTC

150.2 km

M 5.0

Chimbote

Peru · 2025-12-28 23:19 UTC

131.6 km

M 6.2

Trujillo

Peru · 2025-12-28 02:51 UTC

129.0 km

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