A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook Peru’s southern coast at 11:43 local time (16:43 UTC) on Friday 13 November 2026, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), the national seismology agency. The epicentre lay at sea, 102 km west of San Juan de Marcona, a coastal town in Nasca province, Ica region, at a depth of 32 km.
The shaking came during Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Peru, which runs from 11 to 16 November. The Vatican programme mainly covers Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa, so the earthquake zone is not on his route.
It is not known whether aftershocks will follow. Civil defence said its monitoring of vulnerable areas was continuing when it issued its note.
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