The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says the earthquake registers a 5.6 magnitude.
A minimum of one individual has been killed, and 5 others injured after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Peru and was felt all through the capital, Lima.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mentioned on Sunday that the earthquake occurred at 11:35am (16:35 GMT) native time within the Pacific Ocean, with its epicentre situated 23km (14 miles) southwest of Callao, a port metropolis west of the capital Lima.
The Peruvian presidency reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was greater than the USGS evaluation, registering a 6.1 magnitude. The earthquake didn’t generate a tsunami warning.
In a submit on X, the presidency mentioned that President Dina Boluarte was at the moment travelling to Callao to watch the coast following the tremor.
Police Colonel Ramiro Clauco informed the Peruvian broadcaster RPP radio {that a} 36-year-old man died in northern Lima whereas “standing outdoors his automobile ready for a passenger”.
The Emergency Operations Centre added that 5 folks have been being handled within the hospital and injury had been reported to roads and academic centres.
In response to Hernando Tavera, govt president of the Geophysical Institute of Peru, who spoke with native TV channel N, all districts in Lima felt the earthquake.
Native radio stations additionally reported that the quake led to the cancellation of a significant soccer match scheduled to be held in Lima.
The South American nation lies on what is named the “Ring of Fireplace”, a path alongside the Pacific Ocean that’s steadily struck by earthquakes and lively volcanic exercise, with Peru averaging at the least 100 detectable earthquakes yearly.
The final main earthquake occurred in 2021 within the Amazon area, registering a magnitude of seven.5, and left 12 folks injured, destroying greater than 70 properties.
Probably the most disastrous earthquake to hit the nation was in 1970 and struck the Ancash area of Peru, inflicting mass landslides that resulted within the deaths of about 70,000 folks.