According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).The first tremor, which struck at 5:45 p.m. local time (2245 GMT) on Tuesday, occurred at a depth of 601 kilometers (373 miles).
Its epicenter was some 169 kilometers (105 miles) west-northwest of the Peruvian town of Iberia and 688 kilometers (427 miles) east-northeast of the country’s capital, Lima.
Five minutes later, a second earthquake of the same strength rocket the same region but with a different epicenter.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quakes.
Buildings swayed in several Peruvian cities — Cuzco, Tacna, Pucallpa and Arequipa — as well as in parts of northern Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela, local media reported.
“It’s such a deep movement that it moves out further, and is felt over a wider area,” a weather expert told Canal N.
Peru lies on what is known as the “Ring of Fire” — an arc of fault lines that circles the Pacific Basin and is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.