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Historic Earthquake
1913 Peru Earthquake
4 November 1913 · Amyaraes, Abancay · Peru
On 4 November 1913 at 21:33 UTC, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Peru (Amyaraes, Abancay), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 168 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 150 people.
- Date
- 4 November 1913
- Time
- 21:33 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 150
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Peru
- Nearest Volcano
- Cerro Auquihuato (102 km)
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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