Largest earthquakes in or near Peru on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, Peru has had 69 quakes of magnitudes up to 8.4:

7 quakes above magnitude 8
62 quakes between magnitude 7 and 8

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Latest: Mag. 7.2 Earthquake Southern Peru -

Strongest: Mag. 8.4 Earthquake 6 km SSW of Atico, Peru -

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 7.9 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (69 quakes):

Largest earthquakes in or near Peru on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
May 26, 2022 07:02 am (Lima)	7.2 236 km		Southern Peru 227 reports	Info
Sunday, November 28, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 28, 2021 05:52 am (Lima)	7.5 126 km		36 Km N of Barranca, Peru 755 reports	Info
Sunday, May 26, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
May 26, 2019 02:41 am (Lima)	8.0 109 km		Northern Peru 772 reports	Info
Friday, March 1, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 1, 2019 03:50 am (Lima)	7.0 267 km		27km NNE of Azangaro, Peru 128 reports	Info
Friday, February 22, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 22, 2019 05:17 am (Guayaquil)	7.5 148 km	56 km (35 mi) to the N	Peru-Ecuador Border Region 477 reports	Info
Friday, August 24, 2018 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 24, 2018 04:04 am (Lima)	7.0 616 km		Peru-Brazil Border Region 21 reports	Info
Sunday, January 14, 2018 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 14, 2018 04:18 am (Lima)	7.1 38 km	5 km (3.1 mi) to the S	Near Coast of Peru 68 reports	Info
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 GMT (2 quakes)
Nov 24, 2015 05:50 pm (Lima)	7.6 610 km		Peru-Brazil Border Region 14 reports	Info
Nov 24, 2015 05:45 pm (Lima)	7.5 592 km		Peru-Brazil Border Region 16 reports	Info
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 25, 2013 11:42 am (Lima)	7.1 40 km	9 km (5.6 mi) to the S	50km S of Acari, Peru 2 reports	Info
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 24, 2011 12:46 pm (Lima)	7.0 147 km		northern Peru	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.4 x 10¹⁸ joules (4 x 10⁵ gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.4 x 10⁸ tons of TNT or 21287.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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