At 5:52 a.m. on Sunday (11:52 a.m. in Paris), a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in northern Peru. United States Institute of Geology (USGS)). Peru’s National Institute of Geophysics said the earthquake hit the jungle in the north of the country and large areas near the central coast.
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The Peruvian Institute located the epicenter of the earthquake 98 kilometers east of Santa Maria de Neva, the capital of Kondorcanqui, Amazonia, 860 kilometers northeast of Lima, close to the Ecuadorian border, at a depth of 131 kilometers, which usually reduces losses and Number of victims.
Santa María de Nieva is located on the banks of the Nieva River, a sparsely populated area where indigenous people live. In Barranca, the steeple of a church collapsed. The Civil Defense Department stated in its preliminary report that there are currently no reports of casualties. No tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake.
Almost half of the countries have felt the impact, especially in the north and central regions, especially Cajamarca, Piura, Tumbes, Lambayeque, Ancash and the capital. In Lima, more than a thousand kilometers south of the epicenter, people walked onto the streets of certain blocks. According to reports, there was a power outage in the affected area. Colombia also felt the tremor.
Peru has at least one hundred earthquakes that people notice every year because it is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is an active land area extending along the west coast of the continent. America.