Lima.- Two new earthquakes, of magnitudes 5.1 and 3.8, were recorded this Sunday off the coast of Chimbote, in northern Peru, where on Saturday 25 people were injured after a magnitude 6 earthquake occurred that was also felt in Lima and several cities in the north of the country, official sources reported.
This city on the Peruvian northern coast was affected at 9:51 p.m. on Saturday (2:51 GMT on Sunday) by a magnitude 6 earthquake that was also felt in Lima and left 25 people injured, 12 of whom remain hospitalized in medical centers in the regions of Áncash and La Libertad.
In addition to the injured, the earthquake caused damage to homes, roads, health facilities, commerce, and electrical energy, mainly in the two mentioned regions. An hour after the strong movement, a first aftershock occurred in the same area, reaching a magnitude of 4.1, while at 0.17 hours this Sunday (05.17 GMT) another earthquake was recorded, with a magnitude of 4.3. Peru is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an area where more than 80% of the world’s seismic activity is recorded, due to the collision of the Pacific tectonic plate with the Nazca plate, on the south coast. The last devastating earthquake in the country occurred in August 2007 in the southern region of Ica, where it reached a magnitude of 7.9 and left about 500 dead and millions in economic losses.
