A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Peru sparking a tsunami warning for the South American country. The United States Geological Society listed the quake as having a ...
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso told reporters that the earthquake "without a doubt ... generated alarm in the population" Alexis Jones is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...
(CNN)-- A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck off the coast of central Peru on Wednesday evening, killing 15 people and leaving 70 hurt, President Alan Garcia said on national television. Peru's ...
Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Peru-Brazil Border Region, GFZ Says (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Peru-Brazil border on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences ...
Like Japan, Peru is located in the circum-Pacific seismic zone and subject to frequent earthquakes and tsunamis. The 2007 earthquake and tsunami caused major damage. Efforts are underway to study and ...
An earthquake measuring 7.0 degrees on the Richter scale Friday rattled southern Peru, 67 km (41 miles) north-northwest of Juliaca, near the Bolivian border, it was reported. The tremor was ...