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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.
It was the deadliest earthquake in the immediate area since a M s 6.6 event occurred in Yadong County on 20 November 1980. That earthquake had an epicenter 176 km (109 mi) away and killed 3 people in the county. The 7 January 2025 earthquake was also the largest in the area since a M s 7.1 struck 171 km (106 mi) to the south on 26 April 2015.
On Sunday, 14 January at 04:18 local time, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Peru. The earthquake was positioned in the Pacific Ocean near the coast at a depth of around 39 km (24 mi), about 38 km (24 mi) south-southwest of Acari. [1] There was no danger of a tsunami to the coastal area.
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.
At least 95 people died and 130 are injured in a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the mountainous region of Tibet in China, with tremors felt across Nepal, Bhutan and India. The ...
Initially, the earthquake was 5.8 magnitude (M L ), it was revised by the Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP) to 6.0 M L . It was felt strongly in Lima.The earthquake affected the Lima metropolitan area and the Cañete Province, killing a six-year-old boy due to a cardiorespiratory arrest, confirmed 1 day after the earthquake.
In June, a 7.2 impacted Peru. The earlier months were relatively quiet, other than a 7.4 in Taiwan, a 7.0 in China, and a 7.5 on Japan’s Noto Peninsula. ... In response to today's earthquakes ...
A major earthquake struck northern Peru on November 28, 2021, 5:52 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale between the Amazonas and Loreto departments of Peru. [3] A maximum Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) of VII (Very Strong) was reported in the town of Santa Maria de Nieva according to the Geological Institute ...