May 14, 1928 Earthquake: Chacahpoyas,huancabamba,cajamarca,pinpincos, Peru
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Chacahpoyas,huancabamba,cajamarca,pinpincos, Peru on May 14, 1928 at 22:14:48 UTC. It killed 29 people.
Map
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
- May 14, 1928
- Time
- 22:14:48 UTC
- Place
- Chacahpoyas,huancabamba,cajamarca,pinpincos, Peru
- Magnitude
- 7.3 (Mw)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 5.435° S, 78.665° W
- Country
- Peru
The toll
- Deaths
- 29
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 30, 1990, Moyabamba-Riojo, Peru
- April 5, 1991, Rioja, Moyobamba, Nueva Cajamarca, Peru
- June 19, 1968, San Martin,moyobamba,yantalo,rioja,lamas, Peru
- April 12, 1983, Chimbote, Peru
- June 9, 1990, N, Rioja, Moyobamba, Iquitos, Peru
- July 18, 1928, Peru
- October 31, 2005, Northern Peru
- April 4, 1991, Rioja, Neuva Cajamarca, Peru
- July 24, 1912, Guayaquil, Huancabamba,cajamarca, Ecuador, 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 3367.