Beijing time 1 1: 05, that is, local time 65438+2 1: 00, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred off the coast of Peru, with a focal depth of 30 kilometers and located at 16:00 south latitude. 300000000000606 According to relevant reports, the earthquake occurred 200 kilometers around the epicenter, and it was a magnitude 5.5 earthquake.

The largest earthquake occurred in 2065438+2008+65438+June 4, 2008, and an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 occurred along the coast of Peru. The earthquake also caused some influence and harm. Why do so many earthquakes happen in South America every year? In fact, this is related to the movement of plates. The square earthquake in South America is mainly due to seismic activity, because the continental plate collides with the South American plate, so earthquakes will occur frequently.

Of the ten longest earthquakes in world history, four occurred in South America, so this frequency is also very high. The strongest earthquake on record occurred in central Chile, in May of 1960, with a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter scale. The earthquake also had a serious impact, including more than 2 million people losing their homes and making them homeless.

In fact, from a global perspective, there are also many seismic zones, and each region has its own corresponding seismic zone, and each region has its own seismic zone. In South America, several earthquake zones are famous all over the world, the most famous of which is the one extending from the central coast of Alaska to Anchorage and fairbanks. The places with relatively high earthquake frequency in Asia are the Australian plate around the Indonesian archipelago and Japan, which straddles the three major plates. Japan has more earthquake records than any other place in the world.