Twin Earthquakes Strike Peru, Killing at Least Six and Injuring Dozens
Two earthquakes have struck Peru, resulting in at least six fatalities and 21 injuries. The tremors caused significant damage and prompted emergency response efforts in the affected regions.
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Twin earthquakes strike Peru killing at least five
Peruvian authorities say the magnitude 5.1 and 3.7 quakes were in the mountainous Junin region east of Lima.
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At least six people were killed and 21 injured after two earthquakes struck a mountainous region of Peru, the country’s civil defence chief said on Sunday. The earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 5.1 and 3.7, hit on Saturday night in Chupaca province in the Junin region, about 300km (186 miles) east of Lima, according to Peru’s National Seismological Centre post on social media. The first earthquake struck at a depth of 24km (15 miles) and the second at 18km, the centre said. The...
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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre earlier reported that the first earthquake had a magnitude of 5.6.
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Peru lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a zone that accounts for roughly 85% of the world’s seismic activity
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At least six people were killed and 21 injured after two earthquakes struck a mountainous region of Peru, the country's civil defense chief said on Sunday.
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