July 24, 1969 Earthquake: Lampa-Junin,huaytapallana, Peru

Date

July 24, 1969

Time

02:59:00 UTC

Place

Lampa-Junin,huaytapallana, Peru

Magnitude

5.9

Focal depth

1 km (1 mi)

Intensity

11 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

11.900° S, 75.100° W

Country

Peru

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.

• 1654, Lima, Chile, Peru11,000 deaths · 165 km
• 1657, Lima,callao, Peru11,000 deaths · 193 km
• November 1, 1947, Satipo,andamarca,acobamba,la Merced,victoc, PeruM7.6 · 233 deaths · 114 km
• October 1, 1969, Huaytapallana, Lampa, Chilifruta, PeruM6.6 · 130 deaths · $5 million · 8 km
• January 5, 1974, Lima, Yauyos, PeruM6.3 · 10 deaths · 143 km
• June 22, 1981, Central, PeruM5.2 · 10 deaths · $5 million · 154 km
• April 18, 1981, Ayacucho, PeruM4.8 · 8 deaths · 159 km
• November 12, 1980, S Central, PeruM4.9 · 7 deaths · $1 million · 172 km
• July 19, 2026, Junin, PeruM5.5 · 6 deaths · 4,846 houses destroyed · 27 km
• April 18, 1993, Lima, PeruM6.3 · 6 deaths · 30 houses destroyed · 158 km
• May 28, 1948, Canete, PeruM7 · 4 deaths · 195 km
• March 28, 1982, Coast, Lunahuana, Lima, Huancayo, PeruM6.1 · 3 deaths · $5 million · 137 km
• May 12, 2022, Lima, Callao, Chilca, PeruM5.4 · 2 deaths · 4 houses destroyed · 200 km
• August 13, 2017, Junin, PeruM5.8 · 1 death · 143 km
• June 23, 2021, Mala, Canete, PeruM5.8 · 1 death · 6 houses destroyed · 197 km

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