EMSC Raises Peru Quake to 6.2 as Separate Shocks Hit Taiwan and the Kurils

Overview

• EMSC revised the northern Peru earthquake to magnitude 6.2 after initial 6.0 readings, locating it 46 km west of Chimbote at a depth of 66 km at 02:51 UTC.
• A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off Taiwan at 23:05 local time, centered about 32.3 km east of Yilan with a focal depth of 72.8 km, and no damage reports were issued.
• A magnitude 5.2 quake was recorded near the northern Kurils with an epicenter 203 km east of Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir and a depth of 75 km.
• Light shaking of about two points was felt in Severo-Kurilsk, and authorities did not issue a tsunami alert for the Kurils event.
• Across the incidents, monitoring agencies provided seismic parameters and updates, and there were no verified reports of casualties or structural damage.