Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
EarthquakesVirú
Earthquakes near Virú
M5+ · Since 195064≤ 150 km
Last 30 days0≤ 300 km
StrongestM7.91970
8.42° S, 78.75° WElevation 75 mUTC−5 · Peru Standard Time
When to goVirú · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low23° / 17°
Since 1950, 64 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more have struck within 150 km of Virú; the strongest was M7.9, 31 May 1970. In the last 30 days 0 earthquakes were recorded within 300 km. 19 significant earthquakes on record hit the area.
Last 30 days · ≤ 300 km
None in this period.
M5+ · Since 1950 · ≤ 150 km
| 7.9 | 95 km | 31 May 1970 |
| 6.4 | 84 km | 21 August 1985 |
| 6.2 | 105 km | 1 June 1970 |
| 6.2 | 71 km | 28 December 2025 |
| 6.2 | 138 km | 4 February 1969 |
| 5.8 | 99 km | 5 August 1970 |
| 5.8 | 134 km | 29 July 2021 |
| 5.8 | 132 km | 13 November 2000 |
| 5.7 | 122 km | 3 January 2010 |
| 5.7 | 123 km | 12 May 1992 |
| 5.7 | 92 km | 19 September 1987 |
| 5.6 | 97 km | 30 June 1970 |
| 5.6 | 119 km | 26 April 2015 |
| 5.6 | 144 km | 14 December 1990 |
| 5.6 | 99 km | 20 April 1989 |
| 5.6 | 93 km | 2 October 1987 |
| 5.5 | 104 km | 16 January 1971 |
| 5.5 | 120 km | 29 October 2005 |
| 5.5 | 140 km | 15 March 1983 |
| 5.4 | 124 km | 30 March 2013 |
| 5.4 | 147 km | 7 August 2005 |
| 5.4 | 101 km | 19 April 1986 |
| 5.3 | 144 km | 25 February 2020 |
| 5.3 | 108 km | 28 January 2017 |
| 5.3 | 134 km | 27 December 1981 |
| 5.3 | 78 km | 2 October 1977 |
| 5.3 | 96 km | 18 October 1976 |
| 5.2 | 82 km | 7 June 1970 |
| 5.2 | 142 km | 3 February 2024 |
| 5.2 | 67 km | 15 January 2019 |
| 5.2 | 95 km | 18 October 1992 |
| 5.2 | 103 km | 2 October 1987 |
| 5.2 | 101 km | 10 August 1987 |
| 5.2 | 62 km | 24 June 1985 |
| 5.2 | 108 km | 1 August 1984 |
| 5.2 | 119 km | 9 August 1983 |
| 5.2 | 119 km | 21 April 1982 |
| 5.2 | 99 km | 18 May 1975 |
| 5.2 | 112 km | 14 January 1974 |
| 5.2 | 133 km | 14 January 1974 |
Significant earthquakes on record · ≤ 300 km
| 2020 | 126 km | M4.5 | 1 deaths |
| 2005 | 285 km | M5.4 | |
| 1996 | 160 km | M7.5 | 12 deathsTsunami |
| 1987 | 93 km | M5.1 | 3 deaths |
| 1986 | 182 km | M5.3 | 1 deaths |
| 1985 | 84 km | M6.1 | |
| 1972 | 280 km | M6.1 | 12 deaths |
| 1970 | 87 km | M7.9 | 66,794 deathsTsunami |
| 1967 | 269 km | M7 | Tsunami |
| 1966 | 260 km | M8.1 | 110 deathsTsunami |
| 1963 | 233 km | M7 | 1 deathsTsunami |
| 1962 | 171 km | M6.4 | 4 deaths |
| 1960 | 280 km | M6.7 | 66 deathsTsunami |
| 1946 | 138 km | M7.3 | 800 deaths |
| 1907 | 221 km | – | |
| 1725 | 70 km | M7.7 | 1,500 deaths |
| 1678 | 70 km | M8.4 | Tsunami |
| 1658 | 44 km | – | |
| 1619 | 61 km | M8.6 | 350 deaths |