1996 Nazca earthquake

The rupture occurred offshore near Nazca, Peru, at 11:59 local time, and generated a small tsunami: recorded peak-to-trough wave heights were 25 cm at Callao in Peru and 35 cm at Arica in Chile. The Pacific tsunami warning bulletin issued for the event put the magnitude at 7.4 and the position near 15.0S 75.2W.

Origin time (UTC)

1996-11-12T16:59

Magnitude

7.7

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

33

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0007swp

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: peru, nazca, tsunami, offshore

Coordinates: -14.993, -75.675

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in South America since 1990

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