A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru at 5:52 a.m. local time (10:52 GMT) on Sunday, the USGS institute said, and claimed no casualties, according to initial reports from Peruvian authorities.
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The earthquake struck the jungle in the north of the country as well as a large area near the central coast, said the Peruvian National Institute of Geophysics.
The Peruvian Institute locates the epicenter of the earthquake 98 km east of Santa Maria de Nieva, capital of the province of Condorcanqui in the department of Amazonas 860 km northeast of Lima near the border with Ecuador, at a depth of 131 km.
Santa María de Nieva is located in a sparsely populated area where indigenous people live, on the banks of the Nieva River.
In its initial reports, the civil defense indicates that so far no casualties have been reported.
No tsunami warnings were issued by US observers after the earthquake.
The Peruvian navy has ruled out any risk of a tsunami.
The shock was felt in almost half of the country, in the north and the center, especially in regions such as Cajamarca, Piura, Tumbes, Lambayeque, Ancash and in the capital.
In Lima, located more than a thousand km south of the epicenter, the population took to the streets of certain neighborhoods.
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We all went out into the streets, we are very scared,
" Lucia told RPP radio by telephone from the town of Chota in the Cajamarca region, where Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is from.
Power cuts have been reported in affected areas.
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Peru is rocked each year by at least a hundred earthquakes noticeable to the population, as it is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of land-based activity that stretches along the west coast of the continent. American.
