May 28, 1948 Earthquake: Canete, Peru

Date

May 28, 1948

Time

05:36:16 UTC

Place

Canete, Peru

Magnitude

7 (Ms)

Focal depth

60 km (37 mi)

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

13.000° S, 76.500° W

Country

Peru

Deaths

4

Injuries

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

• 1657, Lima,callao, Peru11,000 deaths · 74 km
• 1654, Lima, Chile, Peru11,000 deaths · 101 km
• October 29, 1746, Lima, Callao, PeruM8 · 5,941 deaths · 135 km
• October 20, 1687, Lima, PeruM8.5 · 5,000 deaths · 56 km
• August 15, 2007, Ica, Pisco, Lima, PeruM8 · 596 deaths · $600 million · 93,708 houses destroyed · 44 km
• May 12, 1664, Ica, Pisco, PeruM7.3 · 400 deaths · 144 km
• October 3, 1974, Lima, Callao, PeruM8.1 · 78 deaths · $10 million · 162 km
• December 18, 1594, Ica, Peru40 deaths · 124 km
• March 30, 1813, Ica, Peru32 deaths · 171 km
• March 30, 1828, Lima, Callao, PeruM8.3 · 30 deaths · 172 km
• July 10, 1586, Lima, PeruM8.5 · 22 deaths · 152 km
• January 5, 1974, Lima, Yauyos, PeruM6.3 · 10 deaths · 80 km
• April 18, 1993, Lima, PeruM6.3 · 6 deaths · 30 houses destroyed · 150 km
• July 19, 2026, Junin, PeruM5.5 · 6 deaths · 4,846 houses destroyed · 168 km
• January 8, 1865, Peru5 deaths · 129 km

Significant earthquakes of 1948The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1948Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

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 3880.