The 1970 Peru–Ecuador earthquake occurred on December 9 at . The epicenter was located in northwestern

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, between

Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro fou ...

and Tumbes, near the Peru–Ecuador border. This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1, or 7.1. About 81 people were reported dead in Peru and in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

together. Liquefaction was observed. The maximum

Mercalli Intensity The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...

reached IX (''Violent''). Fractures in constructions were reported in the urban area of

Talara Talara is a city in the Talara Province of the Piura Region, in northwestern Peru. It is a port city on the Pacific Ocean with a population of 91,444 as of 2017. Its climate is hot and dry. Due to its oil reserves, and ability to produce aviatio ...

. This was a shallow earthquake, and it was thought to occur in the plate above the plate boundary.

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