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2021 Northern Peru earthquake
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| UTC time | 2021-11-28 10:52:13 |
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| ISC event | 621480794 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | November 28, 2021 |
| Local time | 05:52:13 UTC-5 |
| Magnitude | 7.5 Mw 7.6 Mwpd[1] |
| Depth | 112.5 km (69.9 mi) |
| Epicenter | 4°29′24″S 76°50′46″W / 4.490°S 76.846°W |
| Type | Normal fault |
| Areas affected | Peru, Ecuador |
| Max. intensity | MMI VII (Very strong)[2] |
| Casualties | 12 dead (11 indirect), 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.
- ^ "Earthquake with magnitude of Mwpd 7.6 on date 28-11-2021". INGV.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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) - ^ "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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