Loreto was shaken by a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 that was felt up to Lima | news

The same report indicates that in the city of Lagunas, district of the same name, he felt with a V-VI intensity. The IGP said that the epicenter was located 70 kilometers southeast of Lagunas.

According to Hernando Tavera, head of the IGP, the the depth of the earthquake was "intermediate" and its radius of influence was greater, reaching Junín, Piura, Chiclayo, Iquitos, Tarapoto, among others.

To graphically represent the situation, he explained that if we place a flashlight near the ceiling, the light will be more focused, but if we place it at a distance of one or two meters, its range will be larger. "That's what happened with the earthquake this morning," he said in a RPP.

Tavera recalled that on Friday, 31st, date of the memory of the Yungay (Ancash) earthquake of 1970, there will be a national simulation of the earthquake at 10 o'clock in the morning.

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Peruvian coast: earthquake and tsunami.
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– INDECI (@indeciperu) May 21, 2019

The municipality of Miraflores indicated that, as a precaution, it had temporarily restricted the circuit of the beach, in order to avoid that some rock falls affect the motorists who circulate there.

This seismic event was also felt in Ecuador and Colombia, where the authorities demanded the calm of the population and badessed the possible damages.

(FIN) CRR / MAO