The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says the earthquake registers a 5.6 magnitude.
At the very least one particular person has been killed, and 5 others injured after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Peru and was felt all through the capital, Lima.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mentioned on Sunday that the earthquake occurred at 11:35am (16:35 GMT) native time within the Pacific Ocean, with its epicentre positioned 23km (14 miles) southwest of Callao, a port metropolis west of the capital Lima.
The Peruvian presidency reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was increased than the USGS evaluation, registering a 6.1 magnitude. The earthquake didn’t generate a tsunami warning.
In a submit on X, the presidency mentioned that President Dina Boluarte was presently travelling to Callao to watch the coast following the tremor.
Police Colonel Ramiro Clauco advised the Peruvian broadcaster RPP radio {that a} 36-year-old man died in northern Lima whereas “standing exterior his automobile ready for a passenger”.
The Emergency Operations Centre added that 5 individuals had been being handled within the hospital and injury had been reported to roads and academic centres.
In accordance with Hernando Tavera, government president of the Geophysical Institute of Peru, who spoke with native TV channel N, all districts in Lima felt the earthquake.
Native radio stations additionally reported that the quake led to the cancellation of a serious soccer match scheduled to be held in Lima.
The South American nation lies on what is called the “Ring of Hearth”, a path alongside the Pacific Ocean that’s often struck by earthquakes and lively volcanic exercise, with Peru averaging no less than 100 detectable earthquakes yearly.
The final main earthquake occurred in 2021 within the Amazon area, registering a magnitude of seven.5, and left 12 individuals injured, destroying greater than 70 houses.
Essentially the most disastrous earthquake to hit the nation was in 1970 and struck the Ancash area of Peru, inflicting mass landslides that resulted within the deaths of about 70,000 individuals.