A magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Peru’s southern Andes Mountains on Thursday, injuring a minimum of two folks and damaging properties, well being facilities and faculties, authorities stated.
In response to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake occurred at 1 p.m. native time (18:00 GMT) and was centered 38 kilometers (24 miles) northwest of town of Upahuacho, within the Parinacochas province of the Ayacucho area. It had a depth of 66 kilometers (41 miles).
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The earthquake was felt in a number of areas of southern Peru, together with Ica, Arequipa, Huancavelica, Apurimac and Cusco, in addition to within the capital, Lima.
Luis Vásquez, head of Civil Protection, advised reporters that two folks had been injured whereas evacuating their properties throughout the earthquake in Coracora, the capital of Parinacochas province.
Authorities additionally reported injury to 22 properties, six well being facilities and a college throughout a number of districts in Ayacucho and Cusco, together with the cities of Puquio, Pullo, Coracora, Upahuacho, San Pedro and Pichari.
Vásquez stated rockfalls had been reported on hillsides close to Coracora. The Peruvian Navy dominated out a tsunami menace.
Earthquakes are frequent in Peru which is a part of the Pacific “Ring of Hearth,” an space of frequent seismic exercise.
In 2007, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in a province of the Ica area left almost 600 folks lifeless.
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