Overview
- El Comercio is relaying the IGP’s latest seismic records in a live feed for readers to track recent tremors.
- The IGP serves as the official source for earthquake reports in Peru and issues updates through its social media accounts.
- An IGP study describes a period of seismic silence in the south that suggests accumulated tectonic energy and urges public participation in drills.
- CENSIS gathers measurements from the Red Sísmica Nacional established under DS-0017-2018MINAM, using nationwide velocity, acceleration, and displacement sensors.
- Peru’s location on the Pacific Ring of Fire underpins persistent hazard, with the 1974 magnitude 8.0 Lima earthquake cited as a key historical reference.