A major, 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean off Peru on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 12:36 a.m. Peru time about 5 miles ...

Carbon map for the region of Pasco, Peru. From Asner et al (2014). Peru’s landmass has just been mapped like never before, revealing important insights about the country’s forests that could ...

Map: 5.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Lima, Peru By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe, Joey K. Lee and Bea Malsky Updated June 20, 2025 at 3:14 a.m. E.T. Leer en español ...

Asner's team sampled 16 million acres of ecosystems within Peru's 320-million total acreage. Those samples were scaled up to a country-wide map using field plots and existing satellite imagery.