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Historic Earthquake
1906 Peru Earthquake
26 December 1906 · Off South Coast · Peru
On 26 December 1906 at 06:53 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Peru (Off South Coast), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 156 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 26 December 1906
- Time
- 06:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Peru
- Nearest Volcano
- Yucamane (124 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2014Northern, Iquique · M 7.7
- 20142014 Iquique Earthquake · M 8.27 deaths
- 20052005 Tarapacá Earthquake · M 7.711 deaths
- 2001Arequipa, Arica · M 7.61 deaths
- 1933Chile · M 7.6
- 1922Caraveli · M 7.4
- 1915S · M 7.6
- 1911Northern · M 7.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth