September 20, 1860 Earthquake: Tacna, Peru

Date

September 20, 1860

Place

Tacna, Peru

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

18.000° S, 70.000° W

Country

Peru

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

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.

• August 13, 1868, Arica, ChileM8.5 · 25,000 deaths · $300 million · 125 km
• February 19, 1600, Volcan Huaynaputina, PeruM7.9 · 1,500 deaths · 164 km
• September 18, 1833, Arica, Tacna, Chile, Peru, Peru-ChileM7.7 · 700 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 110 km
• November 24, 1604, Arica, Arequipa, Chile, PeruM8.5 · 174 deaths · 100 km
• April 1, 2014, Iquique, Alto Hospicio, Northern, ChileM8.2 · 7 deaths · $100 million · 196 km
• August 8, 1987, Arica, Iquique, ChileM6.9 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 1,000 houses destroyed · 114 km
• May 11, 1948, Arequipa,moquegua,tacna,torata,quellaveco, PeruM6.5 · 1 death · 87 km
• August 13, 1987, Arequipa, Tacna, Arica, Peru, ChileM6.4 · 1 death · 99 km
• May 14, 2012, Tacna, Arica, Peru, ChileM6.3 · 56 km
• May 6, 2010, Tacna, PeruM6.2 · 58 km
• May 7, 1906, Tacna, Arica, Peru, Chile64 km
• August 12, 1923, Northern, Chile64 km
• September 16, 1615, Arica, ChileM7.5 · 67 km
• March 10, 1681, ChileM7.5 · 67 km
• March 27, 1892, Arica, Chile67 km

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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 10899.