Posted on 05/26/2019 7:00:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A large earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 struck the Amazon jungle in north-central Peru early Sunday, the U.S. Geological survey reported, collapsing buildings and knocking out power to some areas.
The quake struck at 12:41 a.m. PDT, 47 miles southeast of the village of Lagunas and 57 miles east of the larger town of Yurimaguas. The epicenter was 68 miles below the surface.
In a tweet, President Martín Vizcarra called for calm and said that authorities were checking the affected areas.
The mayor of Lagunas, Arri Pezo, told local radio station RPP that the quake was felt very strongly there, but it was not possible to move around the town because of the darkness.
In Yurimaguas, a number of old houses collapsed and the electricity was cut, according to the National Emergency Operations Center.
In the capital, Lima, people ran out of their homes in fear.
Earthquakes are frequent in Peru, which lies on the Pacific's so-called Ring of Fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Trump’s fault.
One of the gods must be angry.
The Incas would have known what to do...
“The epicenter was 68 miles below the surface.”
No, the epicenter was at the surface, by definition.
Journalists. Is there anything they know?
They call this one the Jaguar Jiggle.
Casual earthquake.
Climate Change.
Only 10 years left to pay Democrats to stop the extreme weathers.
Shrunken heads suffered the most, were deeply affected.
“The Incas would have known what to do...”
The Mayans would cover a child with gold jewelry & trinkets and toss them into the Sacred Cenote! (Well of Sacrifice)
I visited Chichen Itza in Mexico in the mid-80’s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Cenote
Not much different than our current sacrifice of unborn children to the god of Convenience. :(
“Trump’s fault”
Yup, and Globull warming.
“Trump’s fault.”
Trump’s ‘fault.’ LOL!
Maybe I was thinking of the Incas.
And BOY did you shoot down my air of moral superiority! :(
We are no better :(
8.0? eeeep!
Just making an observation about us ALL as a Society! :)
“The Incas would have known what to do...”
I see what you did there.
800 years ago the Incas would be culling children to appease the Gods.
Why yes! How to lie!
There was a good size earthquake in Tokyo just the day before Trumps arrival. No damage reported.
“The quake struck at 12:41 a.m. PDT, 47 miles southeast of the village of Lagunas and 57 miles east of the larger town of Yurimaguas. The epicenter was 68 miles below the surface.”
I actually took some time to try to understand this, and concluded that AP/LAT is too busy attacking America to know their a$$ from their epicenter.
“Earthquakes are the result of forces deep within the Earth’s interior that continuously affect the surface of the Earth. The energy from these forces is stored in a variety of ways within the rocks. When this energy is released suddenly, for example by shearing movements along faults in the crust of the Earth, an earthquake results. The area of the fault where the sudden rupture takes place is called the focus or hypocenter of the earthquake. The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus is called the epicenter of the earthquake.”
Source
https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq4/severitygip.html
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