July 26, 1958 Earthquake: Southern Peru
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Southern Peru on July 26, 1958 at 17:38:00 UTC, 620 km below the surface.
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
- July 26, 1958
- Time
- 17:38:00 UTC
- Place
- Southern Peru
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Focal depth
- 620 km (385 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 13.500° S, 69.000° W
- Country
- Peru
- Region
- South America
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
- 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.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1111 Silgado F., Enrique (1973). Historia de los sismos mas notables ocurridos en el Peru (1513-1970), Geofisica Panamericana, vol. 2, no. 1, January 1973, p. 179-243. [English translation.]
- #1220 Ocola, Leonidas (1984). Proyecto de Sismicidad Andina SISAN, vol. 3 - Catalogos Sismicos: Republica del Ecuador, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Geofisica Aplicada, Lima, Peru.
- #1218 Ocola, Leonidas (1984). Proyecto de Sismicidad Andina SISAN, vol. 1 - Catalogos Sismicos: Republica de Bolivia, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Geofisica Aplicada, Lima, Peru.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 4170. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem884809, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.