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Historic Earthquake
1948 Peru Earthquake
28 May 1948 · Canete · Peru
On 28 May 1948 at 05:36 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Peru (Canete), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 160 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 4 people.
- Date
- 28 May 1948
- Time
- 05:36 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 60 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 4
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Peru
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20072007 Peru Earthquake · M 8.0596 deaths
- 19961996 Nazca Earthquake · M 7.714 deaths
- 19741974 Lima Earthquake · M 8.178 deaths
- 1960Lima, Nazca · M 7.1
- 1950Ica, Chimbote · M 7.04 deaths
- 19421942 Peru Earthquake · M 8.230 deaths
- 19401940 Lima and Callao Earthquake · M 8.2179 deaths
- 1907Peru · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth