M5.0 earthquake near El Pedregal, Arequipa

What happened

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 11 km NW of El Triunfo ( El Cruce), Peru on 8 Feb 2021, 21:10 UTC at a depth of 100 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.

The nearest town in our records is El Pedregal, about 30 km away in Arequipa, Peru.