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Casualties. 2 dead, 30 injured. An earthquake measuring Mw 8.0 struck Peru and the surrounding areas on 26 May 2019 at 02:41 local time. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VII ( Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale in the towns of Yurimaguas and Lagunas. [2]
The 2019 Peru earthquake caused damage in northeastern Peru, as well as in southern Ecuador. Two people were killed (one of them by falling rocks in Cajamarca), and 30 people were injured, 15 in Peru and 15 in Ecuador. This was the largest earthquake in 2019. 2 30 30 El Salvador, La Libertad offshore, 32 km south of La Libertad: 6.6 57.9
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An earthquake measuring Mw 8.0 struck Peru and the surrounding areas on 26 May 2019 at 02:41 local time. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VII ( Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale in the towns of Yurimaguas and Lagunas. Two people died and a further 30 were injured.
May 26, 2019 · A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck north-central Peru on May 26, 2019 at 2:41 am local time (07:41 UTC). Visit the USGS event page for more information. For estimates of casualties and damage, visit the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) website.
May 26, 2019 · Tectonic Summary. The May 26, 2019, M 8.0 northern Peru earthquake occurred as the result of normal faulting at an intermediate depth, approximately 110 km beneath the Earth's surface within the subducted lithosphere of the Nazca plate.
Jun 3, 2019 · June 3, 2019. The NSF-funded Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network has issued the Virtual Assessment Structural Team (VAST) Report for the May 26, 2019, M8.0 Lagunas Peru Earthquake. The earthquake occurred as the result of an intermediate-depth normal faulting rupture of the Nazca plate.
