The earthquake from magnitude 6 on the Richter scale that shook the central coast of Peru does not stop at the moment victims mortal nor injured, according to the first report of the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN) from the country.
In a brief statement, the agency responsible for emergency care indicated that there was no damage on infrastructures, although monitoring was still continuing in vulnerable areas.
Despite the official information, images on television and broadcast by users of social networks report some destroyed homes in the city of Bad, where the epicenter of the tremor.
The camera of my house ????#Temblor#Equake #Peru pic.twitter.com/shnuuIa7ND
– Rosario Orellana (@ funzueta2014) June 23, 2021
Likewise, they also report landslides from rocks that have forced to cut some roads, as well as rajadoras from buildings Y damage minors in supermarkets, malls and even in the Jorge Chávez airport from Lima, which lost part of its false ceiling.
The video from the security camera #Temblor #Equakes #earthquake #peru #breakingnews #urgent #earthquake #Temblor #panic #Equake #news #Lima #SaismicAlert pic.twitter.com/THLX1IlZBu
— ᴶᴷbunny ???????? (@bubukendall) June 23, 2021
The shaking caused by the earthquake affected the live broadcasts of different television programs. Some presenters narrated the intensity of the movement and called for calm.
#23Jun | This is how the 6.0 magnitude earthquake was experienced during a live broadcast of the @canalN_ from Peru.
“Let’s try to stay calm, please. Emergency backpack at hand, “said journalist Alvina Ruiz.pic.twitter.com/nZkMX2j5gO
– El Diario (@eldiario) June 23, 2021
The tremor was registered at 21:54 local time (02:54 GMT on Wednesday) and the epicenter It was located in el Pacific ocean, 33 kilometers southwest of the coastal town of Mala, which is located 91 kilometers south of Lima.
#Peru: Citizens report the situation at the Jorge Chávez Airport after the 6.0-degree earthquake with its epicenter in Mala, Cañete.
22/06/2021 pic.twitter.com/BC08y3zfJL– World Alert / Earthquakes and Disasters (@ World Alert19) June 23, 2021
The telluric movement originated at a depth of 32 kilometers, so that in Mala, the town closest to the epicenter, it was felt with a strong intensity, grade 5 on the Mercalli scale.
PERU ???? Landslides were recorded on the Costa Verde in Miraflores, after a magnitude 6 earthquake in Lima.
It is reported that it restricts entry to the #CostaVerde pic.twitter.com/zUPmYfqBSW— ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (@EarthquakeChil1) June 23, 2021
At first it was reported that the earthquake had been of a magnitude of 5.8 degrees, but later it was corrected by the Geophysical Institute from Peru.
#23Jun #Peru #Equake
The National Seismological Center reported that at 9:54 at night a 6.0 degree earthquake was registered. Citizens shared images of the rockslide in various areas of Lima and on the Costa Verde pic.twitter.com/Dch0WPKIv3 – @WorldAlert19– Report Now (@ReporteYa) June 23, 2021
The earthquake generated a lot restlessness between the citizens due to its intensity and duration, which reminded many of the earthquake of the year 2007, of magnitude 7.8 and that left hundreds of dead on Ica, Pisco Y Cañete, towns near Mala.
To give you an idea of how the #Temblor in Peru
What a horrible feeling, go back to 2007, for a moment pic.twitter.com/NrEVpnGbQh— Naho ⁷???????? || BMx5???? (@minxnaho) June 23, 2021
The event did not generate a tsunami alert on the Peruvian coast, according to the Direction from Hydrography and Navigation of the Marina from War From Peru.
Earthquake in #Peru 11.20 pm pic.twitter.com/yPFBxzD0Oq
– Hecmiry Lugo (@hecmirylugo) June 23, 2021
Peru is located in the area called the Pacific Ring of Fire, where approximately 85% of the world’s seismic activity is recorded.
In Plaza see the products on the shelves collapsed.#Temblor
Mutis from Peru. pic.twitter.com/2wk6YIprUv
– DarthGianotti (@DarthGianotti) June 23, 2021