Earthquake warning in Lima and Callo: The last earthquake of magnitude 4.6 was recorded this morning.

Seismic waves have been reported in the Lima area, with five earthquakes already occurring within 24 hours. The last telluric event occurred on the coast Callo, this Sunday with a magnitude of 4.6, according to the National Seismic Center (Sensis) of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP). Hours earlier, the first port was also rocked by a 3.8-magnitude earthquake.

The latest quake started at 04:32 today (local time) and appeared 81 kilometers to the west. Constitutional Province of Callao, is 36 kilometers deep. Its magnitude is III and its latitude and longitude are -12.2 and -77.87 degrees respectively.

On Saturday night, May 4, the IGP announced the first earthquake of magnitude 3.8 in Salakah province. According to the specialized agency, the epicenter of the earthquake was 46 kilometers west of Calao and the depth was 52 kilometers.

A yellow alert has been issued due to the magnitude of today’s earthquake, according to a statement from the National Seismological Network. On this scale, green is assigned to earthquakes less than 4.4, yellow to tremors between 4.5 and 6.0, and red to earthquakes greater than 6.1.

as intensitySizes refer to:

• Me: It is a movement “stupidity” It means “no harm”.
• II-III: This is a movement “weak” It means “no harm”.
• IV: It is a motion “light” It means “no harm”.
• V: It is a movement “moderate” This indicates “minor damage”.
• VI: It is a movement “strong” This means “minor damage”.
• VII: It is a motion “very solid” This indicates “moderate damage”.
• VIII: It is a motion “severe” It indicates “moderate or heavy damage”.
• IX: It is a motion “violence” It means “lots of damage”.
• X+: This is a movement “serious” It causes “substantial damage”.

GPI Senses gets its data National Seismic NetworkDeveloped and coordinated through a series of velocity, acceleration and displacement sensors distributed across the country.

Peru is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire.An area that is home to 75% of the world’s volcanoes and approx 80% of strong earthquakes of the world.

Also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is made up of mountains in western Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States. and Canada, then around the Aleutian Islands, to the coasts and islands of Russia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Brunei, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and New Zealand. Zealand.

For Peru, the country exists The South American tectonic plate collides head-on with the Nazca plateWhen they are in friction, they create tension, which is released in the form of earthquakes; Additionally, there is ongoing volcanic activity in the area.

The Ring of Fire stretches over 40 thousand kilometers and is shaped like a horseshoe. There are 452 volcanoes in this line It is also home to so-called “supervolcanoes,” whose eruptions are at the VEI-8 level, considered catastrophic.

The Latin American country has had to face various seismic events that have caused hundreds of dead, injured and countless material damages. Here is a list of the most relevant ones.

May 31, 1970

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake originated in the Department of Áncash, followed by a landslide that buried the city of Santo Domingo de Yunge at 3:23 p.m.

This is true It is considered to be the most destructive earthquake in the country’s historyAnd not just because of size The death toll is estimated at 67,000According to the document “The Ancash Earthquake and the Snow-Covered Huascaran Avalanche” written by Mateo Casaverde, a geophysicist and scientific advisor to the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indesi), 150,000 people were injured and affected. Departments of Huácamo, Lima and La Libertad.

Due to this disaster, in 1972, the government of Peru established the National Institute of Civil Defense to prepare plans to deal with this type of accidents and prepare national exercises every May 31.

October 3, 1974

And 8.0 magnitude earthquake It occurred in the capital city of Lima at 09:21 am and was also felt further south along the Peruvian coast. The movement lasted about 90 seconds and resulted in 252 deaths and 3,600 injuries.

May 29, 1990

Another 6.4 quake killed 77 people, injured 1,680, left 58,835 homeless and 11 thousand houses were damaged. The movement, which began at 9:34 a.m., caused damage in the cities of San Martín, Amazonas, Cajamarca, Rioja, Moyobamba, Chachaboyas, Zan and Pagua.

June 23, 2001

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southern Peru in the regions of Mokugua, Dagna and Arequipa, killing 74, injuring 2,689, leaving over 21,000 injured, and 64 missing. 35,601 houses were affected, of which 17,584 were destroyed.

The earthquake had several aftershocks and had an intensity of VIII created a tsunami This resulted in 26 more deaths. It was the most devastating earthquake since the 1970 Ankash earthquake and the largest in the world since the Ratta Islands.

August 15, 2007

Peru was severely damaged One of the most destructive earthquakes in modern history. The Pisco earthquake struck at 6:40 p.m. 8 measures lasted 3 minutes 50 seconds. It was one of the deadliest earthquakes in Peru since the 2001 Arequipa earthquake. 596 people died.

May 26, 2019

One of the last tremors recorded in Peru was known as the “Loreto earthquake”. Size 8 Formed at 02:41 local time, one person died and more than 2,500 people were affected.