A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Peru on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 65 others, the South American country’s civil defence<\/p>\n
agency said.<\/p>\n
Local authorities said homes made of adobe collapsed in coastal areas most directly affected by the quake, which struck in the Pacific, 31 kilometers (19 miles)<\/p>\n
from the seaside town of Acari in the region of Arequipa, according to the US Geological Survey. “There are two fatalities in the region of Arequipa and so far<\/p>\n
65 injured have been reported,” General Jorge Chavez, head of the National Civil Defence Institute, said.<\/p>\n
Chavez said military planes were delivering humanitarian aid including tents to affected areas. One person died in the Yauca district and another in the Bella<\/p>\n
Union district, both in the Arequipa region, where rescue workers were trying to help those affected, Peru’s Civil Defence said. Peruvian President Pedro Pablo<\/p>\n
Kuczynski travelled to the region and flew over the quake zone. Speaking to reporters, he attributed the two deaths to adobe houses collapsing.<\/p>\n
The Peruvian navy and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii ruled out the threat of a tsunami. Adobe houses were levelled in the coastal town of<\/p>\n
Lomas and elsewhere in the surrounding area, Santiago Neyra, the mayor of the nearby town of Caraveli said.<\/p>\n
Electricity was out in several municipalities and many roads were closed to traffic or passable in only one direction, the mayor said. Structural damage was<\/p>\n
reported to a bridge in Arequipa, said the head of the region’s highway police, Major Alberto Rojas.<\/p>\n
In the city of Arequipa, residents ran into the streets after the quake struck at 4:18 am (local time). It was felt as far away as Lima. “Here at the clinic the tremor<\/p>\n
felt super long,” a patient in a Lima private hospital said.<\/p>\n
The earthquake rocked Peru just before Pope Francis is slated to arrive Thursday for a three-day visit after touring Chile. Peru lies on the so-called “Ring of<\/p>\n
Fire” – an arc of fault lines that circles the Pacific Basin and is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.<\/p>\n
The South American country records about 200 earthquakes a year, most of them go unnoticed by the public. The last major earthquake to shake Peru hit in<\/p>\n
August 2007, killing 595 people. A 6.3 magnitude quake was felt in southern Peru on the border with Chile last October, leaving four people with slight injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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