October 19, 1682 Tsunami: Peru
A tsunami of unknown cause began at Peru on October 19, 1682.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- October 19, 1682
- Source
- Peru
- Cause
- Unknown
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Erroneous entry
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
October 19 (about 04:00), 1682. The city of Lima was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake. During the 24 hours following the earthquake another twenty shocks were felt. In Pisco, the ocean receded to a point 2 km from the shore (1/2 league), only to rise with such force that the water advanced almost 2 km (1/2 league) beyond its usual high mark. Many people who had followed the receding tide earlier now perished under the onslaught of the rising sea. The town was rebuilt about 1 km (1/4 league) from the shore (Frezier, 1717; Montbeillard, 1761; Perrey, 1858). [Evidently, the year must be in error, and this tsunami is the same as that of 20.X.1687.] (reference #415)
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Sources
Tsunami events and runups 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 tsunami event 332.