The National Institute of Civil Defense of Peru (Indeci) reported that an earthquake of 6.1 degrees on the Richter scale hit the northwest of the country this Friday, specifically the city de Sullana, in the Piura region, and has left behind more than 30 injured and 720 affected people.
# LastEarthquake
33 – 07 – 2021 14: 14: 08
Magnitude: 4.4 MW; Depth: 33 km
Reference: 08 km W of Sullana, Sullana – Piura
Source: IGP
DOES NOT GENERATE TSUNAMI IN THE PERUVIAN COAST pic.twitter.com/N45 Ed3wdXG– Hydrography Peru (@DHN_peru) July 30, 2021
The Regional Health Directorate (Diresa) has reported, through its Facebook profile, that so far more than 30 people have been injured , two seriously -one of them pregnant-, and eight establishments have been affected by the earthquake .
Indeci, for its part, has encrypted in m more than 180 the buildings that have suffered damage from the earthquake , according to the local newspaper El Comercio.
📹 | A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes # Peru
▪️ The video shows products scattered on the floor of a supermarket in Piura, about 990 kilometers north of the capital, Lima. pic.twitter.com/jpFz8V9OEA
– EHA News (@eha_news) July 30, 2021
To the damages generated in infrastructures are also added the damages in a bridge, as well as 50 road meters and electric power system
To attend to the wounded, the Sectorial Emergency Operations Center (COES) of the Ministry of Health has installed a tent as an area of concentration of wounded at the Sullana II Support Hospital.
The earthquake has also received in the regions of Áncash, Amazonas, San Martín, Lambayeque, Cajamarca, as detailed by the Center for Prevention and Control for Emergencies and Disasters (CEPRECED).
Plaza de armas piura pic.twitter.com/vIgJCjOM5F
– Raul Alzamora (@ RaulAlzamora1) July 30, 1421162275348615172
The recently appointed president of the country, Pedro Castillo , has come to Sullana to coordinate the actions after the earthquake and has verified the damage.
President @ PedroCastilloTe , along with the headlines of the @ pcmperu and of @ MindefPeru , as well as the boss of @ indeciperu , met with the regional governor and the provincial mayor of Piura, to learn about the situation of the areas affected by the earthquake. pic.twitter.com/pqkxHmqtTu
– Presidency of Peru 🇵🇪 (@presidenciaperu) July 30, 1421162275348615172
“Solidarity with the victims and others affected due to the earthquake in Piura. As an authority, we assist in the coordination of immediate actions that the northern people may require ”, Castillo has expressed on his social networks, where he has remarked that his priority is“ to safeguard the integrity of all citizens ”.
We express our solidarity with the victims and others affected by the earthquake that occurred in Piura. As an authority, we assist in the coordination of immediate actions that the northern people may require. Our priority is to safeguard the integrity of all citizens. pic.twitter.com/OEfC9BM8it
– Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) July 33, 2021
Upon arrival in Sullana, The president has visited the support hospital to learn about the situation of those injured by the earthquake, and upon leaving, while touring the town of Jíbito, he has addressed those present.
🔴 Now | President Pedro Castillo continues to monitor damage after the 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Piura. https://t.co/kiEqD2vWoF
– TVPerú Noticias (@noticias_tvperu) July 29, 2021
“ Starting today we are going to go where the people need us. I ask you to have the greatest security of always being vigilant with the authorities. I ask the mayors to be next to the people, to the governors ”, he indicated, according to the local newspaper ‘Gestión’.