Ica continues to shake: The activation of the Nazca plate has caused six tremors of regular intensity in the past few hours

National Seismological Center (SENSIS). Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) recorded the earthquake 4.1, this Sunday, December 10, at 10:43. The quake was again at a depth of 18 kilometers at Pisco in the Ica region. Due to the Richter magnitude, the alert range was yellow.This was the sixth earthquake within 24 hours of yesterday, December 9.

According to the Asismet portal, a seismic swarm has occurred because four tremors have occurred in front of the Ica sector, with five reports accumulated in the last nine hours.

“The appearance is due to the internal deformation of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate. Light detected in Ica, Pisco, Chincha, Palpa, Nasca, Cañete; weaker in Lima and Callo,” they pointed out.

A green color range is used for earthquakes A magnitude less than 4.4; The yellow color is assigned to the oscillatory movements of its size 4.5 to 6.0; Red color indicates earthquakes More than 6.1.

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

Andean It was reported that Disaster Risk Management Offices District Municipalities, as well as Regional Emergency Operations Center (COER) and Decentralized Directorate of IGA Indesi icaReported on this situation.

Although the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) has already said that these events will not generate a tsunami along the national coast, competent agencies are monitoring the vulnerable areas.

Telluric movements occur when the Nazca and South American plates intersect along the Peruvian coast. This is also how earthquakes happen, when great destruction occurs.

Peru is located in the region known as the 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. America and Canada, then return around the Aleutian Islands and visit the coasts and islands of Russia, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Brunei, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu. and New 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 Ancash, followed by 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 Huáscaran 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 formulate plans to deal with this type of accidents and to prepare national exercises every May 31.

October 3, 1974

And 8.0 magnitude earthquake At 09:21 am in the capital Lima, a movement 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 more than 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 hit hard 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 overshadowed by the 2001 Arequipa earthquake, one of Peru’s most violent earthquakes in recent years. 596 people died.

May 26, 2019

One of the last recorded earthquakes 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.