Earthquake in Peru 2019

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Earthquake in Peru 2019
Earthquake in Peru 2019 (Peru)
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date May 26, 2019
Time 07:41:14 UTC
intensity VIII  on the MM scale
Magnitude 8.0  M W
depth 122.6 km
epicenter 5 ° 48 '43 "  S , 75 ° 16' 12"  W Coordinates: 5 ° 48 '43 "  S , 75 ° 16' 12"  W.
country Peru
dead 2
Injured 30th


Perceived intensities reported to USGS

The earthquake in Peru occurred on May 26, 2019 in the early morning hours at 2:41 a.m. local time . Its epicenter was in the province of Alto Amazonas , 78 km southeast of the village of Lagunas and 94 km east of the city of Yurimaguas , in the Pacaya-Samiria nature reserve . The epicenter was, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) at a depth of about 123 km, the Peruvian earthquake observatory of the Instituto Geofísico del Perú is the depth at 135 km away. The quake lasted about two minutes and had a magnitude of 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale .

It was the strongest earthquake in Peru since the 2007 Peru earthquake . It was felt in numerous cities in Peru and Ecuador and was even felt in Bogotá ( Colombia ).

Tectonic background

Below Peru, the Nazca Plate dips beneath the great South American continental plate to a depth of 650 kilometers. In the area of ​​the quake it moves about 70 millimeters per year eastwards (relative to the larger plate). While most earthquakes occur in subduction zones in the contact area between the two tectonic plates (interplate earthquake), this quake occurred at a displacement within the descending Nazca plate (intraplate earthquake). The fracture surface had a stretch of 180 km x 50 km, according to estimates by the USGS.

Usually there are hardly any aftershocks with such deep tremors.

Damage and sacrifice

Two people were killed in Peru. The control center COEN the Peruvian Civil Defense Indeci According there were 15 injured in the country, in neighboring Ecuador the Federal Emergency Management Agency were according SNGRD also injured 15 people. The fact that relatively few people were harmed despite the strength of the quake is attributed to the great depth of the focus of the quake and the remote location of the epicenter.

In Peru, 1,147 houses were damaged, more than 640 of them so badly that they became uninhabitable. 6 out of 39 health facilities affected by the quake and 8 out of 219 educational facilities affected became unusable. In total, damage occurred over 6.5 kilometers of road, and two road bridges, two pedestrian bridges and a water reservoir were damaged. A 60-day state of emergency was declared for the entire province of Alto Amazonas based on the recommendation of the Programa de Reducción de la Vulnerabilidad y Atención de Emergencia por Desastres (PREVAED), as well as for several districts in other provinces. Around 1250 soldiers were dispatched to the affected areas.

Buildings were also damaged in Ecuador. In some places the power supply went off.

See also

Individual evidence

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  6. ↑ a b c Tiegan Hobbs: Deep earthquake in Peru is felt along the length of South America: More to follow? In: temblor.net. May 28, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 .
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  8. ^ Daniel Romero: En Ecuador hubo 15 heridos por el terremoto de 8.09 grados registrado en Perú. In: elcomercio.com . May 27, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 (Spanish).
  9. ↑ Informe de emergencia N ° 517. (PDF; 4.81 MB) In: indeci.gob.pe. May 29, 2019, Retrieved June 1, 2019 (Spanish).
  10. ↑ Sismo en Loreto: cifras actualizadas de daños. In: elcomercio.com . May 28, 2019, accessed May 31, 2019 (Spanish).
  11. ↑ Peruvian Government: Decreto Supremo N ° 098-2019-PCM. In: elperuano.pe. May 27, 2019, Retrieved May 28, 2019 (Spanish).
  12. ↑ Peruvian Government: Decreto Supremo N ° 100-2019-PCM. In: elperuano.pe. May 28, 2019, accessed May 31, 2019 (Spanish).
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