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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.
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.
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 lies above the destructive plate boundary where the Nazca plate subducts beneath the South American plate.The plates converge at a rate of 70 mm per year. The country has been affected by many large megathrust earthquakes caused by slip along the plate interface, such as the 1868 Arica earthquake.
The 1970 Ancash earthquake (also known as the Great Peruvian earthquake) occurred on 31 May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at 15:23:29 local time.Combined with a resultant landslide, it is the most catastrophic natural disaster in the history of Peru.
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 ...