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Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru 

The earthquake struck about 45 kilometers (27.96 miles) north of Barranca

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Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru 
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Peru: An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck Northern Peru on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake struck about 45 kilometers (27.96 miles) north of Barranca, Peru, and was at a depth of 80 kilometers, it added.

According to the initial reports, no human loss has been reported.

A shallow and strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Myanmar-India border region early on Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

According to India’s National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake was at a depth of 12 kilometers (7.5 miles), and about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from Aizawl in northeastern India.

t was felt in the coastal city of Chittagong in Bangladesh and as far away as the east Indian city of Kolkata, some 451 kilometers (280 miles) from the epicenter near Aizawl, according to witness accounts posted on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre’s (EMSC) website and on Twitter.

“Very strong,” one such witness posted on EMSC from Chittagong.

 

SOURCE: Reuters

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