1928 Chachapoyas earthquake
Earthquake in Peru
5°16′S 78°34′W / 5.26°S 78.56°W / -5.26; -78.56 [1]The 1928 Chachapoyas earthquake occurred on May 14 at 17:14 local time.[3] It had a magnitude of Mw 7.2,[1] Ms 7.3,[4] or ML 7.3. Chachapoyas, Peru was almost completely destroyed. A landslide in Pinpincos caused the death of 25 people.[5][6] Many houses were damaged in Machala, Ecuador.[7] The maximum intensity was X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.[8] The earthquake could be felt in Lima. It could also be felt in Ecuador, Brazil, and Colombia.
Aftershock
A strong aftershock occurred on July 18, 1928, at 14:05 local time (19:05 UTC).[9] Some houses which had already been damaged in the main shock collapsed.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Engdahl, E. R.; Vallaseñor, A. (2002). "Global seismicity: 1900–1999" (PDF). International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology. Part A, Volume 81A (First ed.). Academic Press. p. 675. ISBN 978-0124406520.
- ^ USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey, archived from the original on 2020-03-13
- ^ a b "Historia de los Sismos mas Notables Occurridos en El Peru (1513–1974)" (PDF). p. 51. (in Spanish)
- ^ Hurtado, Jorge; Chang, Luis (2005). “Vulnerabilidad Sismica Estructural Y Efectos de Sitio" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). XVII Simposio. CISMID. (in Spanish)
- ^ Hurtado, Jorge; Change, Luis (2005). "Mapa de Areas de Deslizamientos por Sismos en El Peru" Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima – Perú. (in Spanish)
- ^ "II. Estudio de Caso de los Desastres del Alto Mayo, Peru, de 1990 y 1991" (PDF). p. 7–19. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Línea de Tiempo". Igepn.edu.ec. Archived from the original on 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ^ "Banco de Datos de Mapas de Isosistas en El Peru" Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). FIC-University National de Ingenieria. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Historia de los Sismos mas Notables Occurridos en El Peru (1513–1974)" (PDF). (in Spanish)
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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Earthquakes in the 1920s
- Veracruz (6.4, Jan 3) †
- Gori (6.2, Feb 20) †
- Garfagnana (6.5, Sep 7) †
- Haiyuan (7.8, Dec 16) †‡
- Mendoza (6.0, Dec 17)
- Massawa (6.1, August 14)† ‡
- Sevier Valley (6.3/5.7/6.3, Sep 29/Oct 1)
- 1st Kamchatka (8.4, February 3)
- Renda (7.0, March 24)†
- 2nd Kamchatka (8.2, Apr 13)†
- Torbat-e Heydarieh (6.0, May 25)†
- Great Kantō (8.1, September 1)† ‡
- Charlevoix–Kamouraska (6.2, Feb 28)
- Dali (7.0, Mar 16) †‡
- Montana (6.9, June 27)
- Santa Barbara (6.8, June 29)
- Chirpan–Plovdiv (7.1/7.1, Apr 14/Apr 18) †
- Chachapoyas (7.2, May 14)
- Talca (7.6, Dec 1) †‡
- Cumaná (6.9, Jan 17) †
- Arthur's Pass (7.1, Mar 9)
- Kopet Dag (7.2, May 1) †‡
- Suşehri (6.3, May 18) †
- Murchison (7.8, June 17)
- Grand Banks (7.2, Nov 18)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year