Magnitude 8 earthquake in Peru: Lima, Callao · about 5,941 deaths
Natural disaster
1746 Lima earthquake
Magnitude 8 earthquake in Peru: Lima, Callao · about 5,941 deaths
- 29 October 1746
- South America
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