A major earthquake of an estimated 9.2 magnitude and a following tsunami, demolish the Peruvian city of Lima and the port city of Callao, killing 18,000 persons. Most of the 3000 homes in Lima were destroyed with only two dozen remaining standing. All offices and all 74 churches were destroyed or damaged.
To the south, many buildings collapsed all the way to Cañete, and to Chancay in the north. The disrupted area embraced 44,000 square kilometers. A little later in the evening, a following tsunami, devastated the neighboring port of Callao, destroying the port itself and sweeping miles inland. In contrast to Lima, only a handful of Callao’s inhabitants survived. More
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