Chimbote

Earthquakes near Chimbote, 1927–2026

From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 8 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Chimbote, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 4 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 8.1 on October 17, 1966 (67 km W of Paramonga, Peru).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Chimbote in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 7.9 on May 31, 1970 (34 km SW of Chimbote, Peru), for which NOAA records 66,794 deaths. 5 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 5 of the events here, 66,980 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 4.5 on June 7, 2020 (33 km WSW of Puerto Casma, Peru). NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Chimbote, and 3 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 5 m, on February 21, 1996. The deadliest here came on November 20, 1960 from a magnitude 6.8 earthquake (N. Peru): NOAA’s runup records count 63 deaths within 100 km of Chimbote.

The events

  • June 7, 2020Earthquake · M 4.533 km WSW of Puerto Casma, Peru · one death (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI
  • February 21, 1996Tsunami · 5 m hereN. Peru · 12 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • May 31, 1970Earthquake · M 7.934 km SW of Chimbote, Peru · 66,794 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • October 17, 1966Earthquake · M 8.167 km W of Paramonga, Peru · 110 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • November 20, 1960Tsunami · 9 m highN. Peru · 63 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Chimbote when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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