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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 ...
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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]
In 2015, a magnitude-7.8 quake struck near Kathmandu in Nepal, killing about 9,000 people and injuring thousands in that country’s worst earthquake A huge quake in Sichuan province in ...
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 ...
TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami advisory Thursday after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern island of Kyushu. The temblor occurred off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture at 4:42 p.m ...