Saturday morning brought a fresh series of tremors across central and eastern regions, testing emergency networks still responding to major activity earlier in the week. The Instituto Geofísico del Perú logged the movements through its national seismic network, tracking depths and intensities across the affected provinces.
Seismic Activity Register Across Junín and Ucayali
According to the latest reports from the Instituto Geofísico del Perú, two tremors were recorded in Junín and one in Ucayali today, Saturday, August 22. The governing body attached to the Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), which is responsible for investigating and monitoring destructive magnitude phenomena that could produce different impacts on the Peruvian population, reported two telluric movements that occurred during the morning of this Saturday, August 22. The National Seismological Center reported a magnitude 3.4 earthquake recorded on August 22, 2026 at 12:53 local time, with its epicenter 11 kilometers southeast of Atalaya, in the province of Atalaya, Ucayali region, and a depth of 9 kilometers. The reported intensity was II in Atalaya, according to the official IGP report (SEISMIC REPORT: IGP/CENSIS/RS 2026-0580).
Likewise, the National Seismological Center reported that today, Saturday, August 22, 2026, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded at 04:27 hours, with its epicenter located 79 kilometers northwest of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina, and a depth of 207 kilometers.
The Broader Context and Online Misinformation
Following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake recorded in Ayacucho, Peru, on August 20, a video is circulating on social networks showing a street shaking while cables, poles, and buildings tremble. The viral publication claims that the images correspond to that same day, with assertions indicating that there was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in central Ayacucho. However, this is false: Chequeado verified that the video was not recorded in Peru, but corresponds to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25, 2015, and that the images correspond to a street in Kathmandu. The content circulated on X and obtained 338 thousand views and 4 thousand “Likes”. The recording circulating on networks is a manipulation that uses the audio from a real Canal N broadcast from August 20 in which the hosts spoke about the earthquake in Ayacucho, replacing the image with a sequence from Nepal.
Emergency Preparedness and Safety Protocols
Peru is a seismic country and we must all be prepared to face a large-scale movement, which is why the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci) recommends the use of an emergency backpack as it is a key element of the survival combo
in the midst of a natural disaster. What an emergency backpack should contain includes water and non-perishable foods, a first aid kit and personal medications, a flashlight, radio and batteries, a portable cell phone charger, a whistle, masks and hygiene items, copies of documents and cash, a change of clothes and a blanket, as well as items for babies, older adults, or pets, if applicable. In the event of an earthquake and if we have one or more pets, a family member must be assigned responsibility for them, preventing arguments from adding chaos to the situation, and ensuring that the leash, muzzle, or cage are always ready.
