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Historic Earthquake
1912 Peru Earthquake
24 July 1912 · Huancabamba, Cajamarca · Peru
On 24 July 1912 at 11:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Peru (Huancabamba, Cajamarca), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 175 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 24 July 1912
- Time
- 11:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 30 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Peru
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 1960November 1960 Peru Earthquake · M 6.766 deaths
- 1959Peru · M 7.4
- 19531953 Tumbes Earthquake · M 7.46 deaths
- 1928Peru · M 7.0
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth