he National Center for Seismology (Censis) of Peruvian Institute of Geophysics (IGP) This Wednesday, November 12th, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake was recorded in Ica. The epicenter was 36 km north of Huancano, Pisco state.
The group also reported that the earthquake started at 06:43:32 and was at -13.29 latitude and -75.73 longitude. On the social network, users have not reported any material or personal damage.
Due to the magnitude of the tremor, the alert area was turned green. Green range is used for earthquakes Magnitude less than 4.4;Yellow is assigned to movements that vary in magnitude. between 4.5 and 6.0;red represents earthquake 6.1 or higher.
GPI CENSIS obtains data from: National Earthquake Networkconfigured and integrated by a set of speed, acceleration, and displacement sensors distributed across the country.
Peru is located in a region known as . Pacific Ring of Firethe region where 75% of the world’s volcanoes are concentrated, approximately 80% of the strongest earthquakes of the world.
The so-called Pacific Ring of Fire consists of the mountainous regions of western Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and then doubles around the Aleutian Islands, including Russia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Brunei, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and New Zealand.
In the case of Peru, this country South American plate colliding head-on with Nazca plateWhen they rub, they create tension, which is released in the form of an earthquake. Additionally, volcanic activity continues in this region.
The Ring of Fire stretches for 40,000 kilometers and is shaped like a horseshoe. There are 452 volcanoes within this line And there is a large portion of so-called “supervolcanoes” whose eruptions are at level VEI-8 and classified as catastrophic.
The Latin American country had to face various seismic phenomena that caused hundreds of deaths, injuries and countless property damage. Here is a list of the most relevant ones:
May 31, 1970
The magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred in the Ancash department, followed by landslides that buried the city of Santo Domingo de Yungay at 3:23 p.m.
this fact It is considered the most destructive earthquake in the history of the countryNot only the size, but also Estimated death toll: 67,000According to the document “The Ancash earthquake and the snow-capped Huascaran avalanche,” written by geophysicist and scientific advisor at the National Civil Defense Institute (Indesi) Mateo Casaverde, 150,000 people were injured and the departments of Huacamo, Lima and La Libertad were similarly affected.
Because of this catastrophe, the Peruvian government established the National Institute of Civil Defense in 1972, charged with developing plans to deal with this type of incident and preparing a national exercise on May 31 of each year.
October 3, 1974
a Earthquake of magnitude 8.0 It broke out in the capital Lima at 9:21 a.m., and the movement was felt as far south as Peru’s coast. The movement lasted approximately 90 seconds and left 252 people dead and 3,600 injured.
May 29, 1990
Another earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 occurred, leaving 77 people dead, 1,680 injured, and 58,835 left homeless. 11,000 homes destroyed. The movement, which began at 9:34 a.m., affected the cities of San Martín, Amazonas, Cajamarca, Rioja, Moyobamba, Chachapoyas, Jaén and Bagua.
June 23, 2001
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Moquegua, Tacna and Arequipa regions of southern Peru, killing 74 people, injuring 2,689, leaving more than 21,000 affected and 64 missing. 35,601 homes were damaged, of which 17,584 were destroyed..
The earthquake had several aftershocks and had an intensity of VIII. caused a tsunami This resulted in a further 26 deaths. This earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in the world after the 1970 Ancash earthquake and the largest in the world after the Rata Islands.
August 15, 2007
Peru suffered severe damage One of the most devastating earthquakes in modern history. The Pisco earthquake occurred at 6:40 p.m. The magnitude 8 event lasted 3 minutes and 50 seconds.. This was one of the most violent earthquakes to occur in Peru in recent years, surpassing the 2001 Arequipa earthquake. This fact remained. 596 people died.
May 26, 2019
One of the last earthquakes recorded in Peru was an earthquake known as the “Loreto earthquake.” magnitude 8 The incident occurred at 02:41 local time, resulting in one death and over 2,500 people being affected.
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