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- Quand
- 24 mai 1940
- Type
- Séisme
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Position
- Peru
- Coordonnées
- 10.50° S, 77.00° W
- Deaths
- 179
- Injuries
- 3500
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 60
1940 Lima earthquake
Earthquake in Peru
The 1940 Lima earthquake occurred on May 24 at 11:35 a.m. PST with a magnitude of Mw8.2 on the moment magnitude scale. Shaking from this powerful earthquake was felt throughout the country, and in Ecuador and Chile. An estimated 179 to 300 people died while 3,500 left injured by the earthquake.
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