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Earthquakes in Peru are common occurrences as the country is located in a seismic zone. The interface between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates is located near the Peruvian coast. The South American plate is moving over the Nazca plate at a rate of 77 mm (3.0 in) per year.
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May 12, 2022 21:55 Near the coast of central Peru see 2022 Chilca earthquake-12.360 -76.890 2 5.4 M w (USGS) Centered 11km WNW of San Bartolo, Peru, at a depth of 55.9km. [54] May 24, 2022 07:11 Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan 36.118 70.293 2 4.9 M b (USGS) Centered 63km SE of Farkhār, Afghanistan, at a depth of 106.2km. [55] May 26, 2022 12:02 ...
Earthquakes are common in Peru, especially in the Arequipa coastal area of Peru. This particular earthquake was a result of thrust faulting on the destructive boundary between the Nazca plate and the South American plate. [1] As evidenced by the 2007 earthquake, many homes are not built to any type of standard making them prone to significant ...
A strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake in China's Tibet region near the Nepal border has left at least 95 people dead and 130 injured, according to a report from Reuters citing Chinese state media.
That event occurred due to convergence along the Peru-Chile subduction zone at the plate boundary, hence are unrelated. [8] On February 3, 2022, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the same region. This earthquake may have been an aftershock, as it occurred 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the mainshock. It also had a maximum MMI of VI (Strong). [10]
More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts ...
The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [ 2 ] which is complete to December 2005.