A 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck off Peru’s central coast, damn Lima and the port town of Callao, has left one particular person useless and 5 injured
LIMA, Peru — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck off Peru’s central coast Sunday, damn Lima and the port town of Callao, has left one particular person useless and 5 injured, government mentioned.
The earthquake came about at 11:35 a.m. native time within the Pacific Ocean, in keeping with the USA Geological Survey. Its epicenter used to be positioned 23 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of Callao, west of the capital Lima.
A 36-year-old guy died in northern Lima whilst “status out of doors his car looking forward to a passenger” when a wall from the fourth flooring of a development underneath building indifferent and fell on his head, Police Col. Ramiro Clauco informed RPP radio.
The 5 folks injured are being handled in hospitals, the Emergency Operations Heart mentioned. The company additionally reported injury to roads and academic facilities.
President Dina Boluarte is heading to Callao to watch tendencies, the Peruvian presidency mentioned on X.
Photos shared by way of native media additionally confirmed automobiles hit by way of falling particles, broken properties and collapsed billboards.
All of Lima’s districts felt the earthquake, Hernando Tavera, govt president of the Geophysical Institute of Peru, informed native TV channel N.
Native radio stations reported {that a} skilled soccer fit at Lima’s Alberto Gallardo Stadium used to be paused for a number of mins.
A mass at Lima’s cathedral used to be additionally interrupted, after fearful worshippers fled the scene.
Peru is positioned alongside the Ring of Hearth, a trail alongside the Pacific Ocean characterised by way of common earthquakes and energetic volcanoes.
