1586 Lima–Callao earthquake

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1586 Lima–Callao earthquake
1586 Lima–Callao earthquake is located in Peru
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1586 Lima–Callao earthquake
Local date9 July 1586 (1586-07-09)
MagnitudeMw  8.1
Mt  8.5[1]
Epicenter12°18′S 77°42′W / 12.3°S 77.7°W / -12.3; -77.7
Areas affectedPeru
Max. intensityMMI X (Extreme)[2]
Tsunami5 meters
Casualties22 dead[2]

The 1586 Lima–Callao earthquake (

moment magnitude (Mw ) 8.1 earthquake triggered a locally damaging tsunami up to 5 m (16 ft). This was the first major earthquake to strike the city of Lima since its establishment in 1535
.

Tectonic setting

Further information: Megathrust earthquake

The coast of Peru lies a 7,000-km-long

tsunamis
when there is sufficient and sudden uplift of the seafloor, in turn lead to the sudden displacement of the sea.

Descriptions

The shock from the quake was felt at 19:00

local time on July 9, a Wednesday. The shock was accompanied by loud noises which frightened many residents, driving them out of their homes. Most residents were able to evacuate in time during the earthquake, such that the death toll was small, although there were many individuals that suffered injuries.[4] When the quake struck, many of the residents were already out in the streets or gardens where they were safe from collapse. Damage and effects from the earthquake occurred over a 1,000 km long by 120 km wide area near the coast. The earthquake was also felt in the cities Cusco and Huánuco
.

The earthquake reportedly caused the collapse of the towers of a cathedral in the city of Lima. Significant rockslides occurred at Cerro San Cristobal (es) in the Rímac District of Lima Province. The earthquake also severely damaged the residence of Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, the then viceroy of Peru.[5] Ground fissures formed in the city when the shaking was ongoing.[2]

The associated tsunami was documented by the viceroy of Peru in which he said the waves picked up and smashed homes, and inundated up to 250 meters inland. Even when the waves retreated, the some parts of the city was so severely flooded that it was impossible to ride a horse through.[5] At Callao, the earthquake and tsunami destroyed many docks and warehouses. Ships were dragged far inland during the tsunami inundation. Many trees and bushes were uprooted from the ground and deposited far inland by the tsunami.[6]

Earthquake characteristics

The 1586 earthquake ruptured a 175-km-long section of the Peru-Chile

moment magnitude (Mw ) of 8.1, and a tsunami magnitude (Mt ) of 8.5.[1]

Tsunami

Older descriptions of the tsunami having a height of 24 to 26 meters have been debunked and concluded as exaggerations.[6] A more accurate height of the tsunami has been estimated at 5 meters.

The tsunami was also confused as being an orphan tsunami reported along Japan's Sanriku coast due to erroneous cataloging of historical tsunamis, which also led to the confusion that it was from the 1586 Tenshō earthquake; a large Japanese earthquake. The presence of a tsunami at the Sanriku coast however, was reported in June 1585, now thought to be from the 1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake. At a monument in Tokura village near the Sanriku coast in Miyagi Prefecture, a stone monument stated that a tsunami between 1 and 2 meters in height struck the coast; the tsunami has been inferred to be of the 1585 event. Modelling of the tsunami from the 1586 earthquake in Peru suggest the tsunami was approximately 6 cm.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b L. Dorbath; A. Cisternas; C. Dorbath (1990). "Assessment of the size of large and great historical earthquakes in Peru" (PDF). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 80 (3): 551–576.
  2. ^ a b c "Significant Earthquake Information". ngdc.noaa.gov. NCEI. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. doi:10.3133/ofr20151031E. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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  4. ^ Roberto Levillier (1925). "X". Gobernantes del Perú, cartas y papeles, siglo XVI. Madrid. p. 171.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b Hernando Tavera. "TERREMOTOS DE LIMA, 09 DE JULIO 1586". Archived from the original on 14 October 2006.
  6. ^ a b "Tsunami Event Information". ngdc.noaa.gov. NCEI. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. S2CID 134237666
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