What the records say
- When
- 12 Nov 1996
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 14.99° S, 75.67° W
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 624
- Houses destroyed
- 4006
- Max water height m
- 0.4
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.7
- Runups
- 4
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1996 Nazca earthquake
Earthquake in Peru
The 1996 Nazca earthquake occurred on November 12 at 16:59 UTC. The earthquake was located offshore near Nazca, Peru. It has a magnitude of Mw 7.7. Fourteen people were reported dead. Four-thousand houses collapsed and 11,000 were partially damaged. Nazca and Acarí were the most affected cities. Liquefaction was observed in the bed of the Yauca River. The intensity was VIII (Severe) in Nazca.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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