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Historic Earthquake
1946 Ancash Earthquake
10 November 1946 · Jocaibamba, Cerro Angaschaj · Peru
On 10 November 1946 at 17:42 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Peru (Jocaibamba, Cerro Angaschaj), at a depth of 12 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 352 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 800 people.
- Date
- 10 November 1946
- Time
- 17:42 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 12 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 800
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Peru
Nearby Major Earthquakes
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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