M.7.5 Barranca, Peru, Earthquake

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Posting Date: November 29, 2021, 10:30:00 AM

An M7.5 earthquake with a focal depth of 112.5 km struck 42 km north-northwest of Barranca, Peru at 10:52 UTC (5:52 a.m. local time) on November 28.

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According to Peru's civil defense chief Carlos Yañez, at least four people were injured and 220 homes seriously damaged or destroyed. Reports of other damage include fallen stones blocking several highways in the Amazonas and Cajamarca regions. Many damage reports have focused on the quake’s reducing the 45-foot tower of a 16^th-century church in La Jalca district in the Amazon region to rubble. A church in the Loja municipality in neighboring Ecuador was also partially damaged. No deaths have been reported as a result of this quake. The tremor was felt nearly 800 km away in Lima, the capital city, as well as parts of Colombia and Brazil.

The depth of this strong earthquake may be why damage in the area was not much worse.

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Posting Date: November 29, 2021, 10:30:00 AM

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