At least one person was killed, many were injured, after the earthquake hit Peru Seismic news

The USGS (USGS) says the earthquake records 5.6 volume.

At least one person was killed, and five others were injured after an earthquake of 5.6 degrees wounded and felt throughout the capital, Lima.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Sunday that the earthquake took place at 11:35 am (16:35 GMT) local time in the Pacific Ocean, with its center at 23 km (14 miles) southwest of Kalo, the city of the port west of the capital, Lima.

The Peruvian presidency stated that the earthquake size was higher than the USGs rating, and the size of 6.1. The earthquake has not generated a tsunami warning.

In a post on X, the presidency said that President Dina Polwariti was currently traveling to Calo to monitor the coast after the tremor.

Police told Colonel Ramiro Kalauko Radio RPP broadcaster in Peru that a 36 -year -old man died in northern Lima while “standing outside his car waiting for a passenger.”

The Emergency Operations Center added that five people were treated in the hospital and the damage was reported to the roads and educational centers.

According to Herno Tafra, CEO of the Geophysical Institute in Peru, who spoke with the local TV channel N, all areas in Lima felt the earthquake.

Local radio stations also stated that the earthquake has canceled a major football match to be held in Lima.

The country of South America is located on what is known as the “Ring of Fire”, which is a road along the Pacific Ocean that it often affects earthquakes and active volcanic activity, with a average Peru of 100 earthquakes that can be discovered at least every year.

Another major earthquake occurred in the year 2021 in the Amazon region, where it recorded 7.5, and left 12 people who were injured, destroying more than 70 houses.

The earthquake was the most catastrophic to hit the country in 1970 and hit the Ancash area in Peru, causing mass collapse that led to the death of about 70,000 people.