This Friday, November 29, 2024, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook northern Peru. The epicenter was detected in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 267 kilometers from the town of San Pedro de Lloc. Fortunately, so far No significant damage or human casualties have been reported.
As reported by the authorities of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) on the social network The tremor occurred at a depth of 38 kilometers, which implies an intensity II-III, 267 kilometers southwest of San Pedro de Lloc, in the northern department of La Libertad.
For its part, the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation of the Peruvian Navy warned that The earthquake does not generate a tsunami on the country’s coast. Let us remember that Peru is located in a region known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, place where more than 80 percent of the world’s seismic activity occurs.
The last devastating earthquake in the country occurred off the coastal city of Pisco in August 2007, when a movement of magnitude 7.9 hit that town and the entire southern region of Ica, with a death toll of more than 500, as well as million-dollar losses in infrastructure and homes.
When was the strongest earthquake in Peru?
According to the local newspaper “La República”, the strongest earthquake in the Peruvian country occurred in the Lima region in 1746. This earthquake took place on October 28, 1746 at 10:30 pm on the central coast of Peru.
At that time, the capital consisted of only 150 blocks and 60 thousand inhabitants. However, the city was completely destroyed, because of the 3,000 houses there were, only 25 remained standing, which had to be demolished later.
With information from EFE
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