UTC time | 2021-06-23 02:54:18 |
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ISC event | 620541246 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | 21:54:18[1] |
Duration | 95 seconds[citation needed] |
Magnitude | 5.9 Mw [2] 6.0 ML |
Depth | 50.6 km[2] 32 km[3] 45 km[4] |
Areas affected | Lima Metropolitana and Cañete Province |
Max. intensity | VI (Strong) |
Casualties | 1 dead, 20 injured[5][6] |
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.[7][8] 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.
Centro Sismológico Nacional @Sismos_Peru_IGP Spanish: IGP/CENSIS/RS 2021-0363
Fecha y Hora Local: 22 June 2021 21:54:18
Magnitud: 6.0
Profundidad: 32km
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: 32km
Latitude: -12.77
Longitude: -76.91
Intensity: V-VI in Mala
Reference: 33 km at southwest Mala, Cañete Province – LimaJune 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.
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. [2] The two plates are converging towards each other at a rate of about 78mm or 3 inches per year.[9]
Some streets in Lima and Cañete Province were closed due to landslides in the houses, including the Costa Verde which closed due to one.[10] 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).[11]
In the Jorge Chávez International Airport and a Plaza Vea supermarket reported some damage to ceilings and items falling off shelves.[12][13] In the Costa Verde, rockslides were reported.