Peru
PER · 2024 energy mix · renewables 25.1% · fossil fuels 73.3%
Threat reading 45 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 7 events recorded here in the last seven days, 7 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Oil | 40.8% |
|---|---|
| Gas | 30.7% |
| Hydro | 21.2% |
| Wind | 2.6% |
| Coal | 1.9% |
| Solar | 0.9% |
| Other renewables | 0.4% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 25.1% and fossil fuels for 73.3%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Peru is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 191 significant earthquakes, 26 tsunamis and 4 significant eruptions in or just off Peru since 1471.
The deadliest was the 31 May 1970 magnitude 7.9 earthquake (Peru: Northern, Pisco, Chiclayo), which killed 66,794 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 8.8, on 6 February 1716 (Peru: Pueblo de Torata in Tacna).
The most recent entry is the 19 July 2026 magnitude 5.5 earthquake (Peru: Junin), which killed 6 people.
Across the entries that record a death toll, 110,913 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 1970 | magnitude 7.9 earthquake | Peru: Northern, Pisco, Chiclayo | 66,794 dead, $530 million damage |
| 31 May 1970 | tsunami (waves to 0.5 m) | N. Peru | 66,794 dead, $530 million damage |
| 1657 | earthquake | Peru: Lima, Callao | 11,000 dead |
| 1654 | earthquake | Peru: Lima; Chile | 11,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 29 October 1746 | tsunami (waves to 24 m) | Central Peru | 5,941 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 29 October 1746 | magnitude 8.0 earthquake | Peru: Lima, Callao | 5,941 dead, 2,975 homes destroyed, damage over $25 million |
| 20 October 1687 | magnitude 8.5 earthquake | Peru: Lima | 5,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 20 October 1687 | tsunami | S. Peru | 5,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 19 February 1600 | VEI 6 eruption | Huaynaputina, Peru | 1,500 dead |
| 19 February 1600 | magnitude 7.9 earthquake | Peru: Volcan Huaynaputina | 1,500 dead |
| 7 January 1725 | magnitude 7.7 earthquake | Peru: Trujillo, Ancash, Lima | 1,500 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 10 November 1946 | magnitude 7.3 earthquake | Peru: Jocaibamba, Cerro Angaschaj, Cerro Sillapata | 800 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 18 September 1833 | magnitude 7.7 earthquake | Peru-chile: Peru: Tacna; Chile: Arica | 700 dead, 1,001 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 19 March 1971 | tsunami (waves to 30 m) | Chungar | 600 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 15 August 2007 | magnitude 8.0 earthquake | Peru: Ica, Pisco, Lima | 596 dead, 93,708 homes destroyed, $600 million damage |
| 15 August 2007 | tsunami (waves to 10.1 m) | S. Peru | 596 dead, 93,708 homes destroyed, $600 million damage |
| 12 May 1664 | magnitude 7.3 earthquake | Peru: Ica, Pisco | 400 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 13 May 1784 | magnitude 8.0 earthquake | Peru: Arequipa, Camana, Moquegua, Tambo | 383 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 14 February 1619 | magnitude 8.6 earthquake | Peru: Trujillo, Piura, Santa | 350 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 1 November 1947 | magnitude 7.6 earthquake | Peru: Satipo, Andamarca, Acobamba, la Merced, Victoc | 233 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 30 May 1990 | magnitude 6.5 earthquake | Peru: Moyabamba-riojo | 200 dead, $1 million damage |
| 24 May 1940 | magnitude 8.2 earthquake | Peru | 179 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 24 November 1604 | magnitude 8.5 earthquake | Peru: Arequipa; Chile: Arica | 174 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 24 November 1604 | tsunami (waves to 5 m) | S. Peru | 174 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 10 July 1821 | earthquake | Peru: Camana, Ocona, Caraveli | 162 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 221 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Peru:
- 7 November 2026: Flood in Peru
- 7 November 2026: Wildfire (66 MW) — Peru
- 7 November 2026: Wildfire (99 MW) — Peru
- 7 November 2026: M 3.7 - SOUTHERN PERU
- 7 November 2026: M 4.3 - 37 km E of Churubamba, Peru
- 7 November 2026: M 4.6 - CENTRAL PERU
- 7 November 2026: M 3.0 - NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 15 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 20 |
| Natural hazard | 69 |
| Resilience | 76 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
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Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.