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Description
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake impacted an estimated 8,717,837 people within 50km of its epicenter near Callao Island on June 15, 2025. The dataset, produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, provides geospatial and socio-economic information for emergency response. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.
Use Cases
Modeling population exposure to seismic hazards based on the reported 50km impact radius.
Prioritizing emergency resource allocation based on the estimated 8.7 million affected people.
Conducting geospatial analysis of disaster impact using the provided latitude and longitude coordinates.
Integrating event data into disaster monitoring systems using the provided ADAM ID.
Strengths
Includes specific impact metrics, such as 8,717,837 people affected within 50km.
Provides precise event parameters, including magnitude (5.6), depth (53.485 km), and epicenter coordinates.
Data is from an operational humanitarian system (WFP ADAM) designed for emergency analysis.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and full data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
Source
WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)
Collection Method
Collected, analyzed, and mapped by an automated system following a sudden-onset emergency.
Time Range
Event date: June 15, 2025.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-21 21:44:24.547657; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Epicenter 13km SW of Callao Island, Peru (latitude -12.1473, longitude -77.3152).
License is CC-BY-SA-4.0, requiring attribution and share-alike distribution of derivatives.