Overview
- Provincial civil-protection authorities in Santa voted to suspend New Year’s Eve mass gatherings, including private parties in public venues, as a preventive step.
- The decision follows a magnitude 6.0 quake on Dec. 27 about 67 km west of Chimbote that caused injuries and localized damage in nearby regions.
- The IGP confirmed a magnitude 4.1 tremor on Dec. 30 at 7:22 a.m. local time, 73 km west of Chimbote at 48 km depth, intensity III, with no tsunami alert or damage reported.
- Risk agencies including INDECI, COEN and Defensa Civil remain on continuous monitoring and urge families to maintain emergency kits and preparedness plans.
- Ingemmet flagged four critical geologic zones in La Libertad (two in Otuzco, one in Chepén and one in Sánchez Carrión) that could reactivate with new shaking, as the IGP advances an early-warning system with tests planned for 2026.