The earth trembles in Peru, an earthquake of magnitude close to 6 was recorded near Lima

Near Lima, in Peruthe earth has trembled: a magnitude earthquake between 5.8 and 6.1 (to which they are following other shocks) has shaken the earth and terrified the population. At the moment, unfortunately, it is recorded a deadbut everything is still very uncertain.

According to ours Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INAF), the most violent shock, recorded at 18.35 Italian time, was of magnitude 5.8while theGeofísico del Perú Institute report 6.1. A non -small difference, in reality, considered the logarithmic scale (each increase of 1 on the scale Richter corresponds to a released energy about 32 times greaterwhile a difference of 0.1 points implies a difference in energy released equal to 1.26 times).

In any case, the earthquake is considered decidedly violent and the images that come to us from our contacts in the area Unfortunately, they do not seem very reassuring.

Updates are awaited in the next few hours.

Sources: Ingv /Geofísico Instituto del Perú /X