An unlikely tsunami from a massive 7.5 earthquake

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A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Peru this morning. The orange dots reflect other earthquakes that have hit the world in the last 24 hours. Photo: USGS

According to the National Weather Service Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, a tsunami is less likely to occur anywhere across the Pacific than a massive 7.5 earthquake that struck Peru this morning. The earthquake, whose epicenter was about 26 miles northwest of Barranca in Peru, struck the northern part of the South American country away from the coast. The earthquake occurred at a depth of about 70 miles.

Due to the strength of the earthquake, the Tsunami Warning Center issued 5 bulletins, to relieve people across the Pacific that a tsunami is unlikely. “Based on all available data, there is no tsunami risk from this earthquake,” the Tsunami Warning Center said in its census. “This will be the only statement released for this event unless additional data is received or the situation changes.” Bulletins were issued for the West Coast of the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa.

During the earthquake overseas, more than 200 people used the US-based USGS “Did you feel it?” A reporting tool for reporting their feeling of movement associated with a seismic event.

The earthquake shook the remote Amazon region in northern Peru and was felt by people as far as Lima in the center of the country and southern Ecuador, causing damage to homes near the epicenter. There were no reports of casualties at the present time.

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