March 30, 1813 Earthquake: Ica, Peru
An earthquake struck Ica, Peru on March 30, 1813 at 09:30:00 UTC. It killed 32 people.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 30, 1813
- Time
- 09:30:00 UTC
- Place
- Ica, Peru
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 14.100° S, 75.400° W
- Country
- Peru
The toll
- Deaths
- 32
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Earthquake in Ica; houses and churches were destroyed, 32 people died. Large cracks were formed along the course of the river (reference #1111)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 20, 1687, Lima, Peru
- August 15, 2007, Ica, Pisco, Lima, Peru
- May 12, 1664, Ica, Pisco, Peru
- December 18, 1594, Ica, Peru
- August 24, 1942, Ica, Nazca, Peru
- November 12, 1996, Chincha Alta, Acari, Nazca, Marcona, Peru
- May 7, 1647, Peru
- June 22, 1981, Central, Peru
- April 18, 1981, Ayacucho, Peru
- November 12, 1980, S Central, Peru
- December 24, 1959, Ayacucho,pomabamba,moyobamba,huahuapuquio, Peru
- December 10, 1950, Ica,chimbote,huaraz,cajamarca,cuzco,moquegua, Peru
- May 28, 1948, Canete, Peru
- March 28, 1982, Coast, Lunahuana, Lima, Huancayo, Peru
- January 14, 2018, Yauca, Peru
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1612.