What the records say
- When
- 23 Jun 2001
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 16.27° S, 73.64° W
- Deaths
- 103
- Injuries
- 2713
- Missing
- 138
- Damage musd
- 200
- Houses destroyed
- 25399
- Max water height m
- 8.8
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2001 southern Peru earthquake
2001 severe earthquake centered in Arequipa Region, Peru
The 2001 southern Peru earthquake occurred at 20:33:15 UTC on June 23 with a moment magnitude of 8.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The quake affected the Peruvian regions of Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna. It was the most devastating earthquake in Peru since the catastrophic 1970 Ancash earthquake and globally the largest earthquake since the 1965 Rat Islands earthquake.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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