[3] A maximum Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) of VII (Very Strong) was reported in the town of Santa Maria de Nieva according to the Geological Institute of Peru.

[5][6] Ten additional deaths occurred the following day when a bus crashed on the damaged Fernando Belaunde Terry Highway.

Almost all of the seismicity that affects western South America is a result of this ongoing subduction, either directly or indirectly.

The shock was a result of normal faulting within the descending Nazca Plate, according to the Geophysics Institute of Peru and U.S. Geological Survey.

[8] Earlier in that day, Lima was struck by a magnitude 5.1 quake offshore at 64.5 km depth.

[9] That event occurred due to convergence along the Peru-Chile subduction zone at the plate boundary, hence are unrelated.

[19] A 14-meter (46 ft) tower in a protected four-century-old church collapsed shortly after the earthquake, according to local media and witness accounts.

Video footage showed the historic tower, part of a 16th-century complex that was considered the oldest Catholic church in the Amazonas region, reduced to a pile of stones, although the main atrium appeared to be still standing.

[21] Ecuadorian authorities reported some buildings were damaged in the Saraguro Canton of Loja Province.

[22] On the Fernando Belaunde Terry highway near the epicenter, ten people died and seven were injured when a minibus drove off a cliff and plunged 300 meters down a valley.

[23] The Prime Minister of Peru, Mirtha Vásquez, announced that her government is considering declaring a state of emergency in some of the affected regions.