An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 shook northern Peru this morning, shortly before 6:00 am (local time), the Geological Survey (USGS, in English) reported this Sunday.
The Peruvian authorities reported that, so far, they
have only registered two injured and 75 affected people.
According to the report of the National Institute of Civil Defense, the Amazonian district of Valera has been the most affected with 30 people affected.
Despite being a large earthquake, it was relatively deep: about 70 miles (112.5 km).
One of the houses that were destroyed by the earthquake in Bagua Grande, Peru, on November 28, 2021. AP
The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Peruvian Amazon, 26 miles (42 km) north-northeast of the city of Barranca.
The Geophysical Institute of Peru assured, for its part, that the earthquake occurred 81 miles (131 km) deep and 61 miles (98 km) east of Santa María de Nieva, in the department of Amazonas.
The
earthquake was felt in Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia,
according to the newspaper La República.
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The Geophysical Institute of Ecuador confirmed that the event was felt in its territory.
This fact was also reported by users in cities such as Loja, Pichincha, Ambato and Lluzhapa, where an ancient structure collapsed.
The Ecuadorian authorities specified that in the Saraguro canton, a house was destroyed and a family was injured, while in Loja a church tower collapsed and there was damage to the masonry of some houses.
The epicenter of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Peru this Sunday.
The Peruvian government ruled out a tsunami alert.
In the United States, the National Tsunami Warning Center also ruled out an alert for Washington, California, Oregon, Alaska and British Columbia (Canada).
A few hours earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale shook Lima and the central coast of the country, without reports of personal or material damage.
Faced with a major earthquake, the Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) recommends calm, go quickly to safe places and prepare an emergency backpack with basic supplies in a strategic area of the house to collect it quickly and easy.
Peru is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire area, where 80% of the world's seismic activity occurs.
