1996 Puerto Santa earthquake

The shock was located offshore from Puerto Santa, in Peru's Ancash region, on the northern coast. Catalogue records place it at a shallow depth beneath the sea floor, and the surviving record for the event gives little beyond its origin time, position and size.

Origin time (UTC)

1996-02-21T12:51

Magnitude

7.5

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

10

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0007dmb

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: peru, ancash, offshore, shallow

Coordinates: -9.593, -79.587

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

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