1996 Nazca earthquake

Earthquake in Peru 1996 Chimbote earthquake 1996 Nazca earthquake 1996-11-12 16:59:45 996809 iscgem996809 1996 11 12 y 11:59:45 PET Peru 7.7 w y 33 km 14.993 S 75.675 W Peru 8 14 fatalities The 1996 Nazca earthquake occurred on November 12 at 16:59 UTC (11:59 local time).http://www.cismid.uni.edu.pe/descargas/redacis/redacis21_a.pdf Terremoto de Nasca, 12 de Noviembre de 1996, Perú 2012-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120226192815/http://www.cismid.uni.edu.pe/descargas/redacis/redacis21_a.pdf 2012-02-26 dead The earthquake was located offshore near Nazca, Peru.https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/13/world/powerful-earthquake-in-peru-kills-at-least-15.html Powerful Earthquake in Peru Kills at Least 15 Associated Press 13 November 1996 The New York Times It has a magnitude of w y 7.7. Fourteen people were reported dead. Four-thousand houses collapsed and 11,000 were partially damaged. Nazca and Acarí were the most affected cities. Liquefaction was observed in the bed of the Yauca River. The intensity was VIII (Severe) in Nazca. A tsunami was triggered by this earthquake. The recorded peak-to-trough heights of the tsunami were 25 cm in Callao, Peru and 35 cm in Arica, Chile. In this area, the Nazca plate is subducting beneath the South American plate. This earthquake occurred at the plate interface and is associated with the subduction of the 1.5 km high Nazca Ridge beneath the South American plate.http://www.unavco.org/community_science/science_highlights/2010/pdfs/Bilek2009.pdf UNAVCO Highlights | UNAVCO 2012-02-05 2012-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405235212/http://www.unavco.org/community_science/science_highlights/2010/pdfs/Bilek2009.pdf dead This was a complex event, and there were at least two larger events occurring between 18 and 30 seconds after the onset.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1996.php Significant Earthquakes of the World 2010-09-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100901132316/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1996.php 2010-09-01 This earthquake may have ruptured part of the rupture zone of the earthquake of August 24, 1942.Source Characteristics of the 12 November 1996 M w 7.7 Peru Subduction Zone Earthquake https://www.geo.arizona.edu/sites/www.geo.arizona.edu/files/web/Beck/pubs/Swenson_Beck_1999.pdf Pure and Applied Geophysics 154 3–4 731–751 1999 Swenson J. L. Beck S. L. 10.1007/s000240050250 1999PApGe.154..731S 129234002 See also List of earthquakes in 1996 List of earthquakes in Peru References Further reading 10.1785/gssrl.68.6.917 The Mw 7.7 Nasca (Peru) Earthquake, November 12, 1996: A Repetition of the 1942 Event? Seismological Research Letters 68 6 917–922 1997 Chatelain J.-L. Guillier B. Gueguen P. Bondoux F. 1997SeiRL..68..917C External links 996809 Nazca Category:Earthquakes in Peru Nazca Category:1996 disasters in Peru