6.7-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Peru Near Aniso as No Major Damage Emerges
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 20
6.7-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Peru Near Aniso as No Major Damage Emerges
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 20
Summary
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck at 1 p.m. local time about 19 miles northwest of Aniso, with Peru's Geophysical Institute reporting no initial signs of major damage.
People ran into the streets as the tremor hit, but civil defense officials said the area near the epicenter is sparsely populated and that reaching residents there could take time.
USGS said seismologists may still revise the quake's magnitude and update its shake-severity map as more data becomes available.
The quake hit Peru's southern Andes, a seismically active part of the Pacific Ring of Fire where strong tremors are common.