August 15, 1963 Earthquake: Southern Peru
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Southern Peru on August 15, 1963 at 17:25:00 UTC, 543 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
- August 15, 1963
- Time
- 17:25:00 UTC
- Place
- Southern Peru
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Focal depth
- 543 km (337 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 13.800° S, 69.300° W
- Country
- Peru
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 9, 1928, Peru
- June 9, 1994, Arequipa, Felt IN N and S America, Bolivia-Peru
- March 1, 2019, Arequipa, Peru
- July 26, 1958, Southern Peru
- February 26, 1952, Peru-Bolivia
- April 27, 1928, Esquilaya, Peru
- 1747, Ayapata, Carabaya Province, Peru
- May 16, 1950, Peru
- May 16, 1951, Peru
- May 26, 2022, Puno, Peru
- February 24, 1947, Conzata, Bolivia
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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 4300.