Past earthquakes in or near Peru: December 2020 - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 20, 2024 05:10 GMT - refresh

On this page: Map Quake List Quake Stats

During December 2020, Peru has had 87 quakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 6.1:

1 quake above magnitude 6
1 quake between magnitude 5 and 6
37 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
41 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
7 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3

Look up all recent and past quakes!

Strongest: Mag. 6.1 Earthquake 31 Km Al NE De Pica, Chile -

[smaller] [bigger]

Filter by magnitude:

all

3.0+

4.0+

5.0+

6.0+

Showing quakes magnitude 0.5 or higher, within up to 300 km (186 mi) distance (174 quakes):

Past earthquakes in or near Peru: December 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 31, 2020 05:35 pm (Lima)	2.8 43 km		SOUTHERN PERU	Info
Dec 31, 2020 06:20 am (Lima)	4.0 94 km		39 Km Al Norte De Acari, Caraveli - Arequipa, Peru	Info
Dec 31, 2020 06:07 am (Santiago)	2.5 98 km	196 km (122 mi) to the SE	66 Km Al SE De Camiña, Chile	Info
Dec 31, 2020 03:13 am (Lima)	4.2 44 km		20 Km Al Oeste-NO De Piura, Piura - Piura, Peru	Info
Dec 30, 2020 10:40 pm (Lima)	3.5 13 km		10 Km Al Sur-Oeste De Maca, Caylloma - Arequipa, Peru	Info
Dec 30, 2020 10:59 pm (Santiago)	2.6 108 km	263 km (163 mi) to the SE	15 Km Al E De Pica, Chile	Info
Dec 30, 2020 09:29 pm (Lima)	4.2 10 km	124 km (77 mi) to the S	128 Km SSW of Camaná, Peru	Info
Dec 30, 2020 09:28 pm (Lima)	4.2 18 km	33 km (21 mi) to the S	31 Km Al Sur-Oeste De Lomas, Caraveli - Arequipa, Peru	Info
Dec 30, 2020 07:10 pm (Lima)	4.0 44 km	29 km (18 mi) to the S	33 Km Al Sur-Oeste De Chala, Caraveli - Arequipa, Peru	Info
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 GMT (4 quakes)
Dec 30, 2020 03:22 pm (Lima)	3.7 12 km		16 Km Al Norte-NE De Tarma, Tarma - Junin, Peru	Info
Dec 30, 2020 03:13 am (Lima)	4.2 44 km		Near Coast Of Northern Peru	Info

About these data

Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.8 x 10¹⁴ joules (50 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42985 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

Earthquake Catalog - Look up past earthquakes

Look up past earthquakes in this area by date or date range:

Date	Month	Year

or Date range:
to
Look up quakes!

Felt a quake? Report it!

Show quakes near me!

Earthquake statistics

Number of earthquakes over time

during December 2020

in 2020

Magnitude and seismic energy over time

during December 2020

in 2020

Magnitude and energy distribution

during December 2020

in 2020

Embed or share standalone map

You can use the standalone version of our interactive earthquake map or embed it on your website:

Earthquakes in or near Peru

Quakes in nearby regions

Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador

Support us - Help us upgrade our services!

We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, however, considerable time and resources.
We need financing to increase hard- and software capacity as well as support our editor team. We're aiming to achieve uninterrupted service wherever an earthquake or volcano eruption unfolds, and your donations can make it happen! Every donation will be highly appreciated. If you find the information useful and would like to support our team in integrating further features, write great content, and in upgrading our soft- and hardware, please make a donation (PayPal or Online credit card payment).

Planned features: