Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 5, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Peru on Wednesday, August 5, 1970 at 05:25 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Chimbote (Peru - PE), about 57.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -79.090 and latitude -9.241.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	73.5 km
Coordinates	-9.241, -79.090
UTC time	1970-08-05 05:25:59.290

Location	Chimbote
Country	Peru (PE)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-08-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Chimbote	57.6 km
Trujillo	125.4 km
Chocope	162.0 km
Centenario	174.0 km
Huaraz	174.5 km
Pacasmayo	211.6 km
Barranca	222.0 km
Chepén	227.5 km
Cajamarca	240.2 km
Huacho	263.8 km
Saña	264.1 km
Chiclayo	287.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.5

Trujillo

Peru · 2026-09-21 03:58 UTC

97.1 km

M 4.6

Chimbote

Peru · 2026-07-23 02:55 UTC

46.6 km

M 4.3

Chimbote

Peru · 2026-02-10 23:11 UTC

5.4 km

M 5.0

Chimbote

Peru · 2025-12-28 23:19 UTC

25.1 km

M 6.2

Trujillo

Peru · 2025-12-28 02:51 UTC

29.2 km

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