- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 17, 1922 CE
- Location:
- Peru
- Magnitude:
- 7.6 Ms
- Depth:
- 650 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.9
Other earthquake records of 1922 CE
- Chile, Atacama · Mw 8.5 · 700 deaths
- Japan, Kyushu · 27 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 7.6 · 5 deaths
- Philippines, Cebu Island, Mactan Island · Ms 6.3 · 5 deaths
- Brazil, Sao Paulo · Mb 5.1 · 1 deaths
- Philippines, Siaton, Zamboanguita · Ms 6
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1922 CE Earthquake — Peru happen?
- January 17, 1922 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.