KABUL: (Middle East Press) A pair of massive earthquakes measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has jolted eastern Peru near its border with Brazil, and has been felt across several neighbors of the South American country.
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.
