According to the report, the telluric movement occurred 16 kilometers west of Conduriri, El Collao (Puno), with a depth of 192 kilometers.
SEISMIC REPORT
IGP/CENSUS/RS 2022-0807
Local Date and Time: 12/31/2022 18:04:09
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 192km
Latitude: -16.64
Longitude: -69.87
Reference: 16 km W of Conduriri, El Collao – Puno— Geophysical Institute of Peru (@igp_peru) December 31, 2022
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck early Tuesday morning off the north coast of Californiareported the United States Geological Survey (USGS), causing small rock slides and power outages to thousands of subscribers, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.
The United States Seismological Survey (USGS) indicated that the relatively shallow quake struck 40 kilometers southwest of the port city of Eurekain the county of Humboldt.
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No tsunami warnings were issued.
In a preliminary assessment, the USGS he said there was a low probability of casualties, but some damage was possible.
Notable quake, preliminary info: M 6.4 – 12km WSW of Ferndale, CA https://t.co/PxdJCcDwFH
— USGS Earthquakes (@USGS_Quakes) December 20, 2022
The power supply was affected, with nearly 60,000 customers without power in Humboldt Countyaccording to poweroutage.us.
“There is no electricity in the entire county. Do not call 911 unless you have an immediate emergency.” the Humboldt Office of Emergency Services tweeted.
The USGS realized regarding a dozen small followingshocks in the areawhich is located regarding 400 km northwest of San Francisco.
a road collapsedblocking access to the town of Fernbridge, tweeted Dania Romero, a reporter for the KAEF television channel.
Photos and videos posted on social media showed broken windows, items dropped in homes and a supermarket aisle littered with scattered produce.
Our home is a 140-year-old Victorian. The north/south shaking is very evident in what fell. This was our coffee station. Sorry for dark video. Power still out. #ferndaleca #earthquake pic.twitter.com/md1WKCS58Z
— Caroline Titus (@caroline95536) December 20, 2022
FERNBRIDGE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE: Damage to Fernbridge following the 6.2 magnitude #earthquake in Humboldt County. Main road to Ferndale currently closed off by CalTrans as crews inspect for additional damage. pic.twitter.com/4BPOSvZrN9
— Austin Castro (@AustinCastroTV) December 20, 2022
There were also reports of debris and small rock slides along a central route from Humboldt County into downtown California.
This west coast state of USA it regularly registers tremors and seismologists warn of the possibility of an earthquake capable of causing widespread destruction in the next 30 years.
In 1994, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Northridge, northwest of Los Angeles, killed at least 60 people and caused an estimated $10 billion in damage.
Another 6.9 earthquake in San Francisco in 1989 claimed the lives of 67 people.
“For Hombro a Hombro it is quite a challenge to promote a culture of preparation for earthquakes, and this is a great opportunity to reach a broad and vulnerable population. An earthquake can occur at any time, when schoolchildren are at their school or at home, and they must be prepared to know what to do before, during and following a large earthquake,” he said. Juan Manuel ArribasExecutive Director from Shoulder to Shoulder.
And earthquake A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday, with local residents reporting damage to buildings near the town of Madang.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which reported the earthquake, initially issued a tsunami alertbut later said the threat “has passed.”
However, he indicated that there might beminor fluctuations in sea level in some coastal areas”.
Earthquake in Papua New Guinea preliminary magnitude 7.6 (EMSC)????????
•Strong to violent intensities despite a focus at a depth of 80 km.
•Possible damage in localities near the epicenter. pic.twitter.com/90MxkUqEKt— SkyAlert (@SkyAlertMx) September 11, 2022
The earthquake had its epicenter 67 km from the town of Kainantu with a depth of 61kmthe USGS noted.
Strong shaking by the 7.6 earthquake in Papua New Guinea, video from #Laea town located approximately 80 km from the epicenter.#TerremotoPapúaNG
Video credit: Joshua Kepas pic.twitter.com/J5svBIGtme
— SkyAlert (@SkyAlertMx) September 11, 2022
????????| Papua New Guinea – New record from a security camera of the Mw7.7 event
•Desde #Lae
• Respective Credits
–#earthquake #Shaking #Earthquake pic.twitter.com/5ihNEnfgER— Seba Sismos CL (@Seba_Sismos_CL) September 11, 2022
Blackouts and damage to buildings were reported in parts of Papua New Guinea. The telluric movement was felt from towns near the epicenter to the capital Port Moresby, a distance of 480 km.
Photos and videos of the damage to a university in the mountainous town of Rokaeast, showed cracks in the walls and window awnings that fell during the earthquake.
settlers of Lae y Madangthe towns closest to the epicenter, told AFP they felt it more strongly than previous earthquakes.
“Very strong, everything was like sitting in the sea, floating,” said Hivi Apokore, a worker at the Jais Aben Resort near Madang.
Meanwhile, in Indonesian waters, two strong earthquakes were recorded on Sunday that shook the Mentawai Islands, near the west coast of the island of Sumatra, the USGS reported.
One of the earthquakes had a magnitude of 6.0 and the other 5.7, both with an epicenter on the seabed, and initially no personal or material damage was reported.
Papua New Guinea is located in the Pacific “Ring of Fire”which makes it prone to tremors.
in the neighbor Indonesiaand earthquake magnitude 9.1 caused a tsunami in 2004 that left 220,000 dead in the region, including regarding 170,000 in Indonesia.
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