Published on : Friday, December 20, 2013
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Caylloma province in Peru’s southern Arequipa region on Thursday afternoon.
Peru’s Geophysical Institute, or IGP, said that the quake occurred at 12:35 local time (17:35 GMT) and had an intensity of II on the Modified Mercalli scale.
The tremor’s epicentre was located at 2 kilometres (4.9 miles) southeast of Caylloma’s Cabanaconde district at a depth of 129 kilometers (80.1 miles).
According to Civil Defence authorities, there have been no reports of damage or injury so far from the quake.
Peru lies in the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, which is the site of 85 per cent of global seismic activity caused by friction between shifting tectonic plates.
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