Chronology of the most important Peruvian earthquakes
November 2006: Arequipa. A magnitude 5,3 tremor turned 4 houses into rubble, and caused landslides upon Majes road.
October 2006: Caraveli. M5,5 quake.
October 2005: Moquegua. 7 quakes struck off cities as Sicuaya, Matalaque, Cuchumbaya and San Cristobal and damaged 35 houses.
September 2005: Moyobamba. M7 quake killed 5 people in Lamas and affected 70% of the houses.
July 2004: Lima. 5,4 magnitude quake hit the capital city with no personal or material losses.
August 2003: Cusco. Two M4,6 tremors left a hundred inhabitants homeless.
May 2003: Lima. M5,1 tremor.
February 2002: Arequipa. A M5 tremor shook the town of Huambo, province of Cailloma destroying several precarious houses.
December 2001: Arequipa. M5,4 tremor killed 2 people and knocked down many houses.
June 2001: Arequipa. A M6,9 quake struck off the South of Peru killing 69 people and leaving 20 thousand homeless.
April 1999: Arequipa. M6,1 quake.
November 1996: Nasca. A M6,4 quake killed 17 people.
April 1993: Lima. M6,1 quake.
April 1991: Moyobamba. M6,5 quake.
February 1979: Arequipa. M6,9 quake.
October 1974: Lima. M7,5 earthquake.
May 1970: Huaraz. A powerful earthquake measuring 7,8 magnitude shook the Callejón de Huaylas and killed 70 thousand
people and dissapeared to other 20 thousand. 60 thousand houses collapsed.
June 1968: Moyobamba, San Martín. M7,0 quake.
October 1966: Lima. M7,5 earthquake.
September 1963: Ancash. M7,0 quake.
January 1960: Arequipa. M7,5 quake.
July 1959: Arequipa. M7,0 quake.
November 1947: Satipo, Junín. M7,5 quake
November 1946: Ancash. M7,2 earthquake
August 1942: Nazca. M8,4 earthquake
May 1940: Lima. M8,2 quake.
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