March 29, 2008 Earthquake: Off Coast, Peru
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Off Coast, Peru on March 29, 2008 at 12:51:24 UTC, 51 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
- March 29, 2008
- Time
- 12:51:24 UTC
- Place
- Off Coast, Peru
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 51 km (32 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 12.178° S, 77.164° W
- Country
- Peru
The toll
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 5
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Five houses collapsed in Lima and a rockslide caused an
injury and vehicle damage along the coastal highway.
Felt (V) at Lima; (IV) at Ancon, Callao, Chillca,
Chosica, Huaral and Pachacamac; (III) at Calango,
Chincha, Huacho, Ica and San Vicente de Canete. Also
felt at Chaclacayo and Chincha Alta. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1657, Lima,callao, Peru
- 1654, Lima, Chile, Peru
- October 29, 1746, Lima, Callao, Peru
- October 20, 1687, Lima, Peru
- August 15, 2007, Ica, Pisco, Lima, Peru
- May 24, 1940, Peru
- October 3, 1974, Lima, Callao, Peru
- March 30, 1828, Lima, Callao, Peru
- July 10, 1586, Lima, Peru
- December 24, 1937, Huancabamba,oxapampa,el Progreso,san David, Peru
- January 5, 1974, Lima, Yauyos, Peru
- April 18, 1993, Lima, Peru
- January 8, 1865, Peru
- May 28, 1948, Canete, Peru
- March 28, 1982, Coast, Lunahuana, Lima, Huancayo, 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 7876.