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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.
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 ...
The National Weather Service said that the tsunami warning that extended along 500 miles (800 km) of the California and Oregon coasts was called off about 90 minutes after the earthquake struck at ...
The earthquake struck near Davao Oriental early on Thursday morning, August 12. PHIVOLCS earlier listed the earthquake as magnitude 7.3 at a depth of 69 kilometers, then revised its advisory to a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 50 kilometers. It later reverted to its original report of a magnitude 7.3 earthquake.
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]
The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow depth, only 20 kilometres (12 mi) below the surface, which would have amplified the shaking effect. [7] Earthquakes of this size according to the U.S. Geological Survey are 40 km × 20 km (25 mi × 12 mi) in rupture size. [1] The earthquake occurred at the southern extent of the Guerrero Gap.
2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake: 5 7.5 12 Peru, Loreto: VIII (Severe) 112.5 November 28: 2021 Northern Peru earthquake: 5 7.5 0 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore VI (Strong) 63.3 August 12: 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes: 7 7.4 0 New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore VII (Very strong) 55.6 March 4