Risk events in Peru, August 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
82 events were recorded: 9 earthquakes, 68 conflict events, and 5 unrest events.
82 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
82 events· Peru
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 9
- 8 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 68
- 38 in the list
- Unrest
- 5
- 4 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
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How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
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Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2026-08-03 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 320 |
| 2026-08-06 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 423 |
| 2026-08-07 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 714 |
| 2026-08-09 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 322 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 481 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 417 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 177 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 228 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
| 2026-08-20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 134 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 430 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 703 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1059 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1323 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1211 |
Events
What is happening now
82 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 3 km NW of Yanacancha, Peru
M4.7 · Huancayo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 42 km E of Estique, Peru
M4.5 · Charaña · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M6.7 — 37 km NE of Tambo, Peru
M6.7 · Coracora · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Assault in Lima, Peru
Severity 2 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sullana, Peru
Severity 3 · Sullana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jaén, Peru
Severity 3 · Jaén · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huaraz, Peru
Severity 3 · Huaraz · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jaén, Peru
Severity 3 · Jaén · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cajamarca, Peru
Severity 3 · Cajamarca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huaraz, Peru
Severity 3 · Huaraz · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huancayo, Peru
Severity 3 · Huancayo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Huancayo, Peru
Severity 4 · Huancayo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Abancay, Peru
Severity 4 · Abancay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sullana, Peru
Severity 3 · Sullana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tarma, Peru
Severity 3 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tarma, Peru
Severity 3 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tarma, Peru
Severity 2 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sullana, Peru
Severity 3 · Sullana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tarma, Peru
Severity 3 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sullana, Peru
Severity 3 · Sullana · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Juliaca, Peru
Severity 2 · Juliaca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tarma, Peru
Severity 3 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tarma, Peru
Severity 3 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 43 km SSW of Sechura, Peru
M4.6 · Paita · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lima, Peru
Severity 2 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Tarma, Peru
Severity 4 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.6 — 27 km NW of Puerto Ocopa, Peru
M4.6 · Satipo · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 13 km NW of Yanacancha, Peru
M4.5 · Huancayo · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Juliaca, Peru
Severity 3 · Juliaca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Tarma, Peru
Severity 4 · Tarma · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Huaral, Peru
Severity 3 · Huaral · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 15 km WNW of Yanacancha, Peru
M4.7 · Huancayo · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Lima, Peru
Severity 3 · Lima · Source: gdelt
- Earthquake
M5.3 — 2 km WNW of Yanacancha, Peru
M5.3 · Huancayo · Source: usgs
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.