1966 Peru earthquake

None 1966 Peru earthquake 1966-10-17 21:42:00 842581 iscgem842581 1966 10 17 16:42:00 Peru 8.1 w y 38 km 10.7 S 78.7 W Peru Destructive IX about 100 dead The 1966 Peru earthquake occurred on October 17 at 16:42 local time (21:42 UTC).https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1966_10_17.php Historic Earthquakes Near the Coast of Peru 1966 October 17 21:41 UTC Magnitude 8.1 2016-04-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160323192113/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1966_10_17.php 2016-03-23 It had a magnitude of w y 8.1. The epicenter was located offcoast near Huacho. About 100 people were reported dead. Most of the damage was recorded in low buildings. Cracks were reported in higher buildings. The maximum Mercalli intensity (MMI) was MMI IX in San Nicolás, MMI VIII in Huacho, and MMI VII in Callao.Morales-Soto Nelson Zavala Carlos Terremotos en el litoral central del Perú: ¿podría ser Lima el escenario de un futuro desastre? Earthquakes in the central coast of Peru: could it be Lima the scene of a future disaster? Spanish Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica April 2008 25 2 217–224 http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-46342008000200011 123456789/1060 free Landslides and huge ground cracks were reported along the Pan-American Highway north of Ancón. See also List of earthquakes in 1966 List of earthquakes in Peru References External links 842581 The source mechanism of the earthquake and tsunami of October 17, 1966 in Peru – George Pararas-Carayannis Peru earthquake, 1966 Category:Megathrust earthquakes in Peru Category:1966 in Peru Category:Tsunamis in Peru Category:1960s tsunamis Category:1966 disasters in Peru