November 1960 Peru earthquake
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November 1960 Peru earthquake
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The November 1960 Peru earthquake occurred offshore northern Peru on November 20 at 17:02 local time. The magnitude of the earthquake was Ms 6.75 by using the conventional surface-wave magnitude measurement within a shorter duration of ~20 s. However, there is a large discrepancy between the magnitudes in Ms and Mw in this earthquake. The discrepancy was caused from the earthquake's long source duration of about 130 s, and by calculating the seismic moment, the magnitude would be Mw 7.6 or M
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November 1960 Peru earthquake, Ms 6.75 with Mw 7.6-7.8 potential, caused tsunamis
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2023-12-12T22:40:26Z
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