2021 Mala earthquake

2021 Mala earthquake
UTC time2021-06-23 02:54:18
ISC event620541246
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local dateJune 22, 2021
Local time21:54:18
Duration95 seconds[citation needed]
Magnitude5.9 Mw [1]
6.0 ML 
Depth50.6 km[1]
32 km[2]
45 km[3]
Areas affectedLima Metropolitana and Cañete Province
Max. intensityMMI VI (Strong)
Casualties1 dead, 20 injured[4][5]

The 2021 Mala earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 6.0 and moment magnitude of 5.9, struck on June 22, 2021, at 21:54:18 local time (UTC−5) with an epicenter off the coast of Mala in the department of Lima.[6][7] Following the main event, there were more than 15 aftershocks, with the largest being a magnitude 4.8 event at 07:03 local time on June 23.

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Spanish: IGP/CENSIS/RS 2021-0363
Fecha y Hora Local: 22 June 2021 21:54:18
Magnitud: 6.0
Profundidad: 32 km
Latitud: -12.77
Longitud: -76.91
Intensidad: V-VI Mala
Referencia: 33 km al SO de Mala, Cañete – Lima

IGP/CENSIS/RS 2021-0363
Local date: June 22, 2021, 21:54:18
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 32 km
Latitude: -12.77
Longitude: -76.91
Intensity: V-VI in Mala
Reference: 33 km at southwest Mala, Cañete Province – Lima

June 22, 2021

Initially, the earthquake was 5.8 magnitude (ML ), it was revised by the Instituto Geofísico del Perú (IGP) to 6.0 ML . It was felt strongly in Lima. The earthquake affected the Lima metropolitan area and the Cañete Province, killing a six-year-old boy due to a cardiorespiratory arrest, confirmed 1 day after the earthquake.

Tectonic setting

Peru lies above the destructive boundary where the Nazca plate is being subducted beneath the South American plate along the line of the Peru–Chile Trench.[1] The two plates are converging towards each other at a rate of about 78mm or 3 inches per year.[8]

Damage

The Jorge Chávez airport damaged by the earthquake

Some streets in Lima and Cañete Province were closed due to landslides in the houses, including the Costa Verde which closed due to one.[9] Due to the earthquake, the Instituto Geofísico del Perú programmed an earthquake drill for June 29, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (UTC−05:00).[10]

In the Jorge Chávez International Airport and a Plaza Vea supermarket reported some damage to ceilings and items falling off shelves.[11][12] In the Costa Verde, rockslides were reported.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "M 8.4 – 6 km SSW of Atico, Peru". United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ elperiodico.com (June 23, 2021). "Un terremoto de magnitud 6 sacude la costa peruana" (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "CENSIS – Instituto Geofísico del Perú". Instituto Geofísico del Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Sismo en Mala: balance deja un niño fallecido, 9 damnificados, 105 afectados y 20 heridos" (in Spanish). El Peruano. June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ^ El Comercio (Colombia), Redacción (June 23, 2021). "Sismo de magnitud 6 en Perú causó la muerte de un niño con epilepsia por paro cardíaco" (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "M 5.8 – 10 km WSW of Mala, Peru". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "Terremoto en Perú: un sismo de magnitud 6,0 sacude Lima y la costa central del país sin que se hayan reportado víctimas". Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Curtis L. Edwards, ed. (2002). Atico, Peru Mw8.4 Earthquake of June 23, 2001. Reston, VA: ASCE, TCLEE. ISBN 9780784406618. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013.
  9. ^ LR, Redacción (June 22, 2021). "Sismo en Lima: Costa Verde permanecerá cerrada tras temblor de 6.0 de magnitud". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  10. ^ El Comercio, Redacción (June 23, 2021). "Simulacro Familiar 2021: Cómo participar en el evento del Martes 29 de Junio". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish).
  11. ^ Chave Weather. M6.0 earthquake hits Mala, Cañete, Peru 🇵🇪 June 22 2021 sismo temblor.
  12. ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (June 23, 2021). "Sismo en Lima: Así quedó un supermercado Plaza Vea tras temblor de 6 de magnitud | LIMA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved June 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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