Terremotos en el litoral central del Perú: ¿Podría ser Lima el escenario de un futuro desastre?

Nelson Morales-Soto; Carlos Zavala

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2008.252.1266

Earthquakes in the central coast of Perú: Could it be Lima the scene of a future disaster?

Authors

Nelson Morales-Soto Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Sociedad Peruana de Medicina de Emergencias y Desastres, Lima, Perú. Médico emergenciólogo.
Carlos Zavala Centro Peruano Japonés de Investigaciones Sísmicas y Mitigación de Desastres, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. Lima, Perú. Ingeniero civil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2008.252.1266

Keywords:

Natural disasters, Prevention and mitigation, Peru

Abstract

In the pages of history are registered with the threats of the future. The seismic history of Peru shows that we live in an area of high seismic activity where the Lima city has been a protagonist on several occasions of destructive earthquakes and other natural phenomena associated such as tsunamis. In this report the reasons why an earthquake could affect the city of Lima in the future were exposed.

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Published

2008-06-30

Issue

2008 Vol 25 (2)

Section

Symposium

How to Cite

Morales-Soto N, Zavala C. Earthquakes in the central coast of Perú: Could it be Lima the scene of a future disaster?. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2008 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 15];25(2). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/1266