1928 Chachapoyas earthquake explained
| 1928 Chachapoyas earthquake |
| Timestamp: | 1928-05-14 22:15:04 |
| Isc-Event: | 908668 |
| Anss-Url: | iscgem908668 |
| Local-Date: | May 14, 1928 |
| Local-Time: | 17:14 |
| Magnitude: | 7.2 Mw |
| Depth: | 35km (22miles) |
| Location: | -5.26°N -78.56°W |
| Countries Affected: | Peru |
| Aftershocks: | 6.9 Ms July 18 at 19:05 UTC |
| Casualties: | 25 dead |
The 1928 Chachapoyas earthquake occurred on May 14 at .[1] It had a magnitude of Mw 7.2,[2] Ms 7.3,[3] or ML 7.3. Chachapoyas, Peru was almost completely destroyed. A landslide in Pinpincos caused the death of 25 people.[4] [5] Many houses were damaged in Machala, Ecuador.[6] The maximum intensity was X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.[7] 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).[8] Some houses which had already been damaged in the main shock collapsed.[1]
See also
Notes and References
- http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/docum/crid/Enero2005/CD1/pdf/spa/doc9644/doc9644-b4.pdf "Historia de los Sismos mas Notables Occurridos en El Peru (1513–1974)"
- Book: Engdahl, E. R. . International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology . Part A, Volume 81A . Global seismicity: 1900–1999 . A. . Vallaseñor . 2002 . https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/centennial/centennial.pdf . . First . 978-0124406520 . 675.
- Hurtado, Jorge; Chang, Luis (2005). “Vulnerabilidad Sismica Estructural Y Efectos de Sitio" (PDF). XVII Simposio. CISMID.
- Hurtado, Jorge; Change, Luis (2005). "Mapa de Areas de Deslizamientos por Sismos en El Peru" (PDF). Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima – Perú.
- http://www.cne.go.cr/CEDO-CRID/CEDO-CRID%20v2.0/CEDO/pdf/spa/doc5309/doc5309-2a.pdf "II. Estudio de Caso de los Desastres del Alto Mayo, Peru, de 1990 y 1991"
- Web site: Línea de Tiempo . Igepn.edu.ec . 2012-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120620194722/http://www.igepn.edu.ec/index.php/recursos/linea-de-tiempo.html . 2012-06-20 . dead .
- http://www.cismid.uni.edu.pe/descargas/redacis/redacis03_p.pdf "Banco de Datos de Mapas de Isosistas en El Peru"
- http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/docum/crid/Enero2005/CD1/pdf/spa/doc9644/doc9644-c.pdf "Historia de los Sismos mas Notables Occurridos en El Peru (1513–1974)"
