Northern Peru hit by 7.5 magnitude earthquake

The Peruvian Institute locates the epicenter of the earthquake 98 kilometers east of Santa Maria de Nieva, capital of the province of Condorcanqui in the department of Amazonas 860 kilometers northeast of Lima near the border with Ecuador, at a depth of 131 kilometers, which generally reduces the damage and the number of victims.

Ten injured and material damage

Santa María de Nieva is located in a sparsely populated area where indigenous people live, on the banks of the Nieva River. In Barranca, the steeple of a church has collapsed. No tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake. According to civil defense, the earthquake injured ten people and left 75 others homeless, while houses were destroyed in the Amazonas. The earthquake also caused damage to infrastructure in at least two provinces of Ecuador, announced its president, Guillermo Lasso.

The shock was felt in almost half of the country, in the North and the Center, especially in regions like Cajamarca, Piura, Tumbes, Lambayeque, Ancash and in the capital. In Lima, located more than a thousand kilometers south of the epicenter, the population took to the streets of certain neighborhoods. Power cuts have been reported in affected areas. The earthquake was also felt in Colombia.

Peru is rocked each year by at least a hundred earthquakes noticeable to the population, as it is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of ​​land-based activity that stretches along the west coast of the continent. American.