Just 8 minutes ago, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Chimbote, Provincia de Santa, Ancash, Peru. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Saturday, December 27th, 2025, at 9:51 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.7. Other agencies reporting the same quake include The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) at magnitude 6.1, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.8, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.8.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been widely felt by almost everyone in the area of the epicenter. It might have caused light to moderate damage. Moderate shaking probably occurred in Puerto Santa (pop. 14,100) located 20 km from the epicenter, Coishco (pop. 15,100) 24 km away, and Chimbote (pop. 317,000) 28 km away.In Viru (pop. 20,800) located 61 km from the epicenter, Moche (pop. 22,600) 90 km away, Trujillo (pop. 919,900) 97 km away, and Laredo (pop. 24,700) 98 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Dec 28, 2025 02:51 am (Universal Time) local time (28 Dec 2025 02:51 GMT)Magnitude: 5.8Depth: 67.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 9.01°S / 78.63°W (Ancash, Peru)Primary data source: EMSC