High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1746 Lima-Callao earthquake occurred at 22:30 local time on 28 October (03:30 UTC on 29 October). The epicenter was located about 90 km north-northwest from Lima. It caused almost complete destruction of the capital Lima and the subsequent tsunami devastated the port city of Callao. It was the deadliest earthquake in Peru’s history prior to the 1970 earthquake.