The damage is concentrated in several municipalities in the Amazon region, in the north of the country.
The number of injured by the earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale that occurred in Peru rose this Sunday to four of a mild nature, while the number of victims rose to 867, according to the latest report from the Emergency Operations Center National (COEN).
The earthquake in the early hours of this Sunday left 220 homes affected, 75 of them completely destroyed, in addition to seven churches and three health facilities.
There are also 900 meters of affected roads in different parts of the country, such as the Fernando Belaúnde Terry highway, which was blocked at different points by various landslides and landslides.
Likewise, several provinces that were without electricity supply due to the earthquake.
The damage is concentrated in several municipalities in the Amazon region, in northern Peru, close to the epicenter of the earthquake, located 98 kilometers east of the town of Santa María de Nieva, where the earthquake was felt with a very strong intensity .
Damages were also reported to infrastructures in the neighboring regions of Loreto, San Martín, Cajamarca and in the interior part of the department of Lambayeque, according to the Prime Minister of Peru, Mirtha Vásquez, who from early in the morning coordinated the damage assessment at the COEN facilities.
Meanwhile, the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has traveled in the direction of the municipality of La Jalca, in the Amazon region, which seems to be the most affected population, with numerous collapsed buildings, including the bell tower of the Jalca church. Large, a building from the colonial era.
Some of the most shocking images of the day have also been recorded there, such as the rescue of a man who had been trapped under the rubble of his house.
“All my solidarity with the people of Amazonas in the face of the strong earthquake that occurred. You are not alone, brothers. We will support those affected and act in the face of material damage,” wrote President Castillo on social networks, whose Executive evaluates declaring an emergency to the most affected provinces.
Given the proximity of the epicenter of the earthquake to Ecuador, damage to homes was also recorded in the Ecuadorian cantons of Zamora and Loja, with several buildings affected and a church collapsed.
The earthquake originated at a great depth of land of 131 kilometers, which reduced its destructive power on the surface but amplified the range of its seismic wave to a wide geographical area, which covered much of South America and made it felt even in Colombia.
This circumstance also caused the first earthquake alert offered by the United States Geological Survey to initially locate the epicenter near the coastal town of Barranca, about 1,000 kilometers from the actual location of the earthquake.
From Colombia, where no damage has been reported at the moment, its president, Iván Duque, expressed his solidarity with Peru on Sunday and offered help if required.
Peru is located in the area called the Pacific Ring of Fire, where approximately 85% of the world’s seismic activity is recorded. (I)
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