Earthquake — Peru: Ica, Pisco, Lima

When

15 Aug 2007

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.0

Where

Peru

Coordinates

13.39° S, 76.60° W

Deaths

596

Injuries

1292

Damage musd

600

Houses destroyed

93708

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

39

Extreme earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Peru

The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC and lasted two minutes. The epicenter was located 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of Lima at a depth of 39 km (24 mi). At least 595 people died and over 2,290 people were injured.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing at least 519 people, injuring more than 1,300, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2007 Peru Depremi: Peru'da meydana gelen depremde en az 519 kişi öldü, 1.300'den fazla kişi yaralandı ve Büyük Okyanus'ta tsunami uyarılarına neden oldu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem schweren Erdbeben mit der Stärke 8 auf der Momenten-Magnituden-Skala sterben in Peru mindestens 510 Menschen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Perú se registra un terremoto de 8,0 que destruye varias localidades de la Región Ica en Perú, entre ellas Pisco y Chincha”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ペルー沖で地震、M8.0、政府発表の死者514人以上。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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