The Chira Quake of 2021
A 6.1 magnitude event shook the whole Piura Department, and this is what the science knows up to now. By Nelson Peñaherrera Castillo Peru is SHAKING! Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake in Sullana, Peru - YouTube SOJO, Peru – On July 30 th , 2021, noon, it was goin to be another winter-else, sunshine. Some people were inside their homes watching the Peru’s Bicentennial military parade that, due to Covid-19 pandemic, might have in a closed military facility at Lima City. Just ten minutes after the zenith (1710 GMT), the land under the capital of Miguel Checa District , Sullana Province , shook without a sense and violently. At a spot, 25 miles under the surface of rock, sand, and pulverized clay, two huge pressing landmasses, maybe 3300 feet thickness, shocked one each other and started a list of focused events in a portion running from Marcavelica District , just the north of Miguel Checa, and going to the border of provinces Sullana and Piura, at ...