Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 with an epicenter in the Amazon was also felt strongly in Ecuador

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 shook the northern jungle of Peru and a vast area around the central coast of the country on Sunday without causing victims or a tsunami alert, according to the first reports from the authorities. The earthquake was also felt in Guayaquil and other areas of Ecuador.

The earthquake was recorded at 0552 local (1052 GMT) with its epicenter 98 kilometers east of Santa María de Nieva in Condorcanqui, Amazonas, the northern jungle of Peru, at a depth of 131 kilometers, reported the Geophysical Institute.

The movement was strongly felt in distant sectors, even in Ecuadorian towns such as Guayaquil, Quevedo, Durán, as well as Quito, Cuenca and Santo Domingo, according to the Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo.

In Loja, social media users reported damage to the facade of La Dolorosa church.

The National Service for Risk and Emergency Management of Ecuador is monitoring the event, according to information published on Twitter.

Also, the Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute of the Ecuadorian Navy (Inocar) indicated, at 06:07 on Sunday 28, that the earthquake in Peru does not meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami on the country’s coasts, the newspaper reported Ecuadorian El Comercio.

The great depth of the earthquake in the Peruvian Amazon caused the shock wave to be greater and affect almost half of the country, in the north and central areas, including coastal and Andean regions such as Cajamarca, Piura, Tumbes, Lambayeque, Ancash and Lima. .

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