2021 Northern Peru earthquake

2021 Northern Peru earthquake
2021 Northern Peru earthquake is located in Peru
2021 Northern Peru earthquake
UTC time2021-11-28 10:52:13
ISC event621480794
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local dateNovember 28, 2021
Local time05:52:13 UTC-5
Magnitude7.5 Mw
7.6 Mwpd[1]
Depth112.5 km (69.9 mi)
Epicenter4°29′24″S 76°50′46″W / 4.490°S 76.846°W / -4.490; -76.846
TypeNormal fault
Areas affectedPeru, Ecuador
Max. intensityMMI VII (Very strong)[2]
Casualties12 dead,[note 1] 136 injured, 1 missing

A major earthquake struck northern Peru on November 28, 2021, 5:52 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale between the Amazonas and Loreto departments of Peru.[3] A maximum Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) of VII (Very Strong) was reported in the town of Santa Maria de Nieva according to the Geological Institute of Peru.[4][3]

Serious damage occurred in Peru, and some damage was reported in Ecuador. One person died of a heart attack, another from falling wood, and 126 others were injured.[5][6] Ten additional deaths occurred the following day when a bus crashed on the damaged Fernando Belaunde Terry Highway.

  1. ^ "Earthquake with magnitude of Mwpd 7.6 on date 28-11-2021". INGV.
  2. ^ Government of Peru (28 November 2021). "Sismo de 7.5 ocasiona daños en 3 distritos del departamento de Amazonas" [7.5 earthquake causes damage in 3 districts of the department of Amazonas]. gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "M 7.5 - 42 km NNW of Barranca, Peru - Impact". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. ^ Espinosa, Carlos (2021-11-28). "Sismo de magnitud 7.5 en Perú fue sentido en Ecuador y Colombia". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. ^ de 2021, 28 de Noviembre. "Terremoto en Amazonas de 7.5: Un muerto, 10 heridos, 580 damnificados y más de 100 viviendas dañadas". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "El Gobierno de Perú considera la declaración de emergencia en "determinados lugares" afectados por el terremoto" [The Government of Peru considers the declaration of emergency in "certain places" affected by the earthquake] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.


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