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Historic Earthquake
1960 Peru Earthquake
15 January 1960 · Lima, Nazca · Peru
On 15 January 1960 at 09:30 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Peru (Lima, Nazca), at a depth of 65 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 60 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 15 January 1960
- Time
- 09:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 65 km
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Peru
- Nearest Volcano
- Cerro Auquihuato (180 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20072007 Peru Earthquake · M 8.0596 deaths
- 20012001 Southern Peru Earthquake · M 8.4103 deaths
- 19961996 Nazca Earthquake · M 7.714 deaths
- 1960Arequipa, Chuquibamba · M 7.863 deaths
- 19421942 Peru Earthquake · M 8.230 deaths
- 1922Caraveli · M 7.4
- 1913Caraveli, Chuquibamba · M 7.9
- 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