Department
Madre de Dios
Peru · South America
Madre de Dios is a department of Peru, in South America. It spans the South American and Altiplano plates. Records include 2 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- LandslideMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 2015Madre de Dios · M 7.6
- 1961Madre de Dios · M 7.5
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002