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Earthquakes in Peru are common occurrences as the country is located in a seismic zone. The interface between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates is located near the Peruvian coast. The South American plate is moving over the Nazca plate at a rate of 77 mm (3.0 in) per year.
Peru lies above the convergent plate boundary where the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate, along the line of the Peru–Chile Trench.In northern Peru the rate of convergence between the plates is about 70 mm/yr. Almost all of the seismicity that affects western South America is a result of this ongoing subduction, either directly or indirectly.
Peru, Arequipa offshore VI (Strong) 24.0 June 28 - 6 7.1 0 Japan, Miyazaki offshore VIII (Severe) 24.0 August 8: 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake: 6 7.1 0 Philippines, Soccsksargen offshore III (Weak) 639.5 July 11 - 8 7.0 3 China, Xinjiang: IX (Violent) 13.0 January 22: 2024 Uqturpan earthquake: 8 7.0 0 United States, California offshore VIII ...
Peru, Arequipa, 3 km (1.9 mi) south southeast of Chivay: 5.4 10.0 VI Five buildings collapsed; over 800 homes and 18 buildings damaged in Caylloma. [264] Rockslides blocked roads near the epicenter. [265] - - 6 [266] Haiti, Grand'Anse offshore, 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of Les Abricots: 4.9 10.0 VII Four people killed and 37 others injured.
Peru, Lima, 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Cocachacra: 5.6 95.8 V Some damage was caused in Lima, where twelve buildings were destroyed and rockslides occurred. 39 people were injured, one of them seriously, after jumping and falling from a balcony. [2] [13] — 39 7 [14] China, Qinghai, 109 km (68 mi) southwest of Jinchang: 6.6 13.0 IX [15]
At 20:55 PET (01:55 UTC on September 26) on 25 September 2005, an earthquake measuring M w 7.5 or M L 7.0 struck the Department of Loreto in Peru, resulting in 20 fatalities and 266 injuries, with 1,316 homes damaged or destroyed, mostly in the town of Lamas.
The 2001 southern Peru earthquake occurred at 20:33:15 UTC (15:33:15 local time) on June 23 with a moment magnitude of 8.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). [ 5 ] [ 2 ] The quake affected the Peruvian regions of Arequipa , Moquegua and Tacna .
The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, [4] hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC (18:40:57 local time) and lasted two minutes. [4] [5] The epicenter was located 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of Lima at a depth of 39 km (24 mi). [4] At least 595 people died and over 2,290 people were ...