Earthquake details

Thursday, March 26, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Peru on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 17:35 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Paita (Peru - PE), about 74.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -81.338 and latitude -5.720.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	-5.720, -81.338
UTC time	2009-03-26 17:35:14.300

Location	Piura
Country	Peru (PE)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-03-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Paita	74.5 km
La Unión	74.9 km
Catacaos	88.4 km
San Martin	95.0 km
Piura	97.6 km
Sullana	116.1 km
Talara	127.4 km
Tambo Grande	141.1 km
Chulucanas	147.8 km
Lambayeque	192.5 km
Ferreñafe	199.6 km
Chiclayo	202.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.8 Sullana Peru · 2026-04-11 13:44 UTC	150.3 km
M 4.2 Piura Peru · 2025-12-01 06:37 UTC	32.4 km
M 4.4 San Martin Peru · 2025-10-11 23:52 UTC	78.9 km
M 5.1 Piura Peru · 2025-09-16 03:41 UTC	15.4 km
M 4.4 La Unión Peru · 2025-06-03 02:30 UTC	61.8 km
M 5.2 Piura Peru · 2025-05-14 20:13 UTC	32.4 km

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