What the records say
- When
- 20 Oct 1687
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.5
- Where
- Peru
- Coordinates
- 13.50° S, 76.50° W
- Deaths
- 5000
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 30
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1687 Peru earthquake
Seismic event
The 1687 Peru earthquake occurred at 11:30 UTC on 20 October 1687. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.4–8.7 and caused severe damage to Lima, Callao and Ica. It triggered a tsunami and overall, about 5,000 people died.
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3 sources record it
- 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 estimated 8.7 magnitude earthquake strikes 50 km off of the coast of Peru and kills at least 5,000 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Lima (Perú), dos terremotos de 8,4 y 8,7 y un maremoto dejan un saldo de 5000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page