Kathmandu. An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Peru on Thursday. According to the USGS, its epicenter was about 66 kilometers below the surface. The quake came at a time when Indonesia and Colombia were among the most hit by earthquakes of magnitude greater than 7 magnitude. This raises the question of whether there is a connection between these earthquakes. Has there been an increase in activity on Earth? <\/p>\n
According to scientists, the simple answer is: not necessarily. Just because large earthquakes occur in different places in a short period of time does not mean that they are all connected. The main cause of earthquakes is the movement of tectonic plates inside the earth. In some parts of the world, these plates collide or slip with each other continuously. As a result, there are more earthquakes. <\/p>\n
Why are there so many earthquakes in Peru?TAG_OPEN_strong_27 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Peru is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the most earthquake-prone regions in the world. According to the USGS, about 81 percent of the world’s major earthquakes occur in this region. This is due to the tectonic plates that exist there. <\/p>\n The Nazca Plate near Peru is moving beneath the South American Plate. When one plate moves under another, the pressure between them increases. This pressure can accumulate over a long period of time. When the rocks cannot handle this pressure, the fault suddenly slips and an earthquake occurs. For this reason, Peru and western South America are always at risk of major earthquakes. <\/p>\n Can one earthquake cause another? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In some cases, it can happen. Scientists call this dynamic triggering. Simply put, strong seismic waves from a large earthquake can reach another fault. That’s where the pressure is already building. But this does not mean that the earthquake in Peru caused the earthquake in Indonesia or Colombia. <\/p>\n According to the USGS, such activity can occur in very remote areas. However, in these cases, earthquakes are usually small and do not last long. Therefore, it would be wrong to consider large earthquakes in different countries as part of the same sequence. <\/p>\n Are there more earthquakes than normal right now? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Thousands of small earthquakes occur on Earth every day. Most are so light that people don’t even notice them. Major earthquakes are rare. Therefore, when there are some large vibrations in different places in a short period of time, they are more visible. <\/p>\n According to the USGS, it is not yet possible to predict the exact time and location of the earthquake. Therefore, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in Peru is not evidence of a sudden increase in earthquakes worldwide. It is more accurate to understand this as the normal movement of the active plates around Perum. <\/p>\n The 6.7-magnitude earthquake in Peru was the result of the continuous movement of tectonic plates there. Major earthquakes in Indonesia, Colombia and other countries have also been linked to plate activity in their respective regions. Therefore, it is still not scientifically correct to think of all these events as a single series. \u2013Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kathmandu. An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Peru on Thursday. According to the USGS, its epicenter was about 66 kilometers below the surface. The quake came at a time when Indonesia and Colombia were among the most hit by earthquakes of magnitude greater than 7 magnitude. This raises the question of whether […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":312163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45044,45159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news-en","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312167,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312166\/revisions\/312167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/312163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}