Peru earthquake: 1 death and 1 injured

(EFE) .- A dead and wounded left the earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale, which rocked early Friday in southern Peru, reported the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci).

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The deceased is a 56 year old man, identified as Nicolás Chambi, who died at Goyeneche Hospital in the city of Arequipa as a result of cardiac arrest suffered as a result of telluric movement.

The injured is under observation at the hospital Honorio Delgado, also in Arequipa, where he was admitted by the emergency service following a fall.

The earthquake, which occurred at 3:50 am local time (8:50 GMT), also caused some large rocks to fall on roads in southern Peru that have not yet been completely eliminated.

The event did not cause major damage since it occurred at a great depth because its hypocentre was located 270 kilometers below the Earth's surface, reducing its destruction capacity but amplifies the range.

The epicenter was located eight kilometers northwest of the Azángaro municipality, in the southern region of Puno and very close to the Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, which serves as the border between Peru and Bolivia and where the earthquake was felt. with a high intensity.

This earthquake was the second most violent of the year in Peru, a country located in a very seismic zone, after the magnitude 7.2 recorded on January 5 in the Amazon region of Ucayali, where it caused casualties or damage due to its great depth, established at 598 kilometers.

The earthquake has also been observed in much of Bolivia and northern Chile, where the town of Arica, bordering Peru, has launched a tsunami warning, without reporting casualties or major damage.

In La Paz, this has also alarmed its inhabitants, as well as other parts of the Bolivian highlands, where, although it is not unusual for earthquakes to occur, they tend to be less sensitive than in other parts of Bolivia.

Peru and Chile are located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where about 85% of the world's seismic activity is recorded. EFE

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