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Historic Earthquake
1922 Peru Earthquake
17 January 1922 · Peru
On 17 January 1922 at 03:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Peru, at a depth of 650 km. It occurred on the South American Plate.
- Date
- 17 January 1922
- Time
- 03:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 650 km
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Peru
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 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