M 8.4 earthquake – 6 km SSW of Atico, Peru
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Local time: Jun 23, 2001 · 15:33 (UTC-5)
GreatShallow · 33 km
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- Magnitude
- 8.4moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 33 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -16.265, -73.641107 km from Camaná
- Energy released
- 60 megatons of TNTabout 4,002 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 8.1max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 401M2.5+ within 492 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 1,086USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Great earthquake. It released 60 megatons of TNT, 125,893 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
401 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 492 km in the 60 days after.
- 5.4 41 km SSW of Atico, Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 5.8 44 km SSW of Mollendo, Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 4.7 59 km SSW of Punta de Bombón, Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 5.8 21 km S of Pacocha, Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 4.4 46 km WSW of Islay (Matarani), Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 5.1 24 km SW of Punta de Bombón, Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 5.2 93 km S of Atico, Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 5.4 34 km SSW of Islay (Matarani), Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 4.9 100 km SSW of Punta de Bombón, Peru Jun 23, 2001
- 6.1 56 km SSW of Quilca, Peru Jun 23, 2001
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Peru.
- 8.1 21 km NNE of Minas de Marcona, Peru Aug 24, 1942
- 7.7 37 km SSW of Atico, Peru Aug 6, 1913
- 7.7 60 km SW of Changuillo, Peru Nov 12, 1996
- 7.6 51 km SW of Punta de Bombón, Peru Jul 7, 2001
- 7.2 35 km N of El Cardo, Peru Oct 11, 1922
- 7.2 10 km WSW of Atiquipa, Peru Jun 28, 2024
- 7.2 12 km NNE of Cono Norte, Peru Feb 26, 1914
- 7.1 37 km W of Atiquipa, Peru Jan 14, 2018
In the week before
Earthquakes within 492 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.