A powerful one magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook the capital of Peru on the afternoon of Thursday, May 12, with no material or personal damage reported so far. The telluric movement occurred at 4:55 pm, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP).
The cameras that transmit live from various points of the city captured the dimension of the tremor on Javier Prado Avenue, a few blocks from the Monitor oval -where an overpass is being built-, in Surco; as well as in block 39 of Paseo de la República avenue, in Surquillo.
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In the video you can see how suddenly the live image shakes as a result of the strong earthquake minutes before 5:00 pm Despite the movement, the pedestrians continue their march on the bridge that connects with the University of Lima. To one side of the intake, a group of workers stop their work alerted by the tremor.
The camera that records the surroundings of Surquillo, at the intersection of Paseo de la República with the jirón Vicuña, shakes at the same time. In this scene you can see a group of people evacuate a building and gather on the sidewalk, to one side of the avenue. Vehicle traffic is normal in the area.
According to IGPthe telluric movement had as its epicenter Chilca, south of Lima, and had a depth of 49 kilometers. The tremor was perceived in Chilca with an intensity of V on the modified Mercalli scale, and with a similar intensity in the city of Lima and provinces south of the capital.
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