Ica

Earthquakes near Ica, 1927–2026

From 1927 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 18 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Ica, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. 4 of them reached magnitude 7 or more; the strongest was a magnitude 8.1 on August 24, 1942 (21 km NNE of Minas de Marcona, 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 Ica in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

The deadliest was not the strongest: a magnitude 8 on August 15, 2007 (41 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, Peru), for which NOAA records 596 deaths. 8 earthquakes here in these years are on NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes. NOAA records deaths in 6 of the events here, 649 in all. The ten years with the most magnitude 6+ earthquakes were 2007–2016, with 7 of the 18. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 6.4 on January 30, 2012 (6 km ESE of Pampa de Tate, Peru). NOAA lists one tsunami that began within 100 km of Ica, and 2 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 10.05 m, on August 15, 2007. The deadliest here came on August 15, 2007 from a magnitude 8 earthquake (S. Peru): NOAA’s runup records count 3 deaths within 100 km of Ica.

The events

  • January 30, 2012Earthquake · M 6.46 km ESE of Pampa de Tate, PeruUSGS · NOAA NCEI
  • August 15, 2007Earthquake · M 8.041 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, Peru · 596 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 15, 2007Tsunami · 10.05 m hereS. Peru · 3 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • August 24, 1942Earthquake · M 8.121 km NNE of Minas de Marcona, Peru · 30 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia

Good to know

  • An event counts for Ica 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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