Strong earthquake in northern Peru | It was 6.1 degrees on the Ritcher scale

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake on the Richter scale has occurred this Friday 36 kilometers deep and 12 west of the town of Sullana, in Peru, as reported by the National Seismological Center of that country.

The National Institute of Civil Protection said the movement was felt in the neighboring departments of La Libertad and Tumbes (borders of Ecuador). First no casualties were reported.

After learning the facts, the national government reported that the president Pedro Castillo He will travel to the Piura region “to respond urgently and in priority to the emergency caused by the strong earthquake”.

The earthquake frightened residents of the towns of Sullana and Tumbes, and many took to the streets as a precaution, according to local media. “He felt very bad,” Teresa Lama told RPP Lima radio from Sullana.

There is no tsunami alarm after the earthquake in Peru

For its part, the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation of the Peruvian Navy ruled out that the earthquake generated a tsunami and the Civil Defense did not report any casualties. “The competent authorities are assessing whether there is damage in the most vulnerable areas,” Civil Defense said in a statement.

The Andean state agency reported that there had been landslides on the facade of the cathedral in the city of Piura.

the earthquake, ratified by the United States Geological Survey, was recorded at 12.10 Peruvian time (10:10 Argentine time). Sullana is a Peruvian city, capital of the district and of the homonymous province of the department of Piura, about 1,030 kilometers north of the national capital, Lima.

It is located on the north coast of the Peruvian Pacific Ocean, has 233,615 inhabitants and is the twelfth largest metropolis in the country. The city is located on the banks of the Chira River and surrounded by the Amotape hill.

Peru is shaken each year by at least a hundred earthquakes perceptible by the population, because it is located in what is known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of ​​extensive land-based activity that stretches along the western coast of the Americas.