LIMA, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A strong earthquake shook Lima and regions
of central coastal Peru late Tuesday, with no immediate reports of casualties
or damage.
The quake was of magnitude 6, Peru’s Seismological Center said, while the
US Geological Survey which monitors quakes worldwide pegged it at magnitude
5.8.
The quake struck at 9:54 pm local time (0254 GMT Wednesday), with an
epicenter 33 kilometers southwest of Mala, some 100 kilometers south of Lima. — NNN-AGENCIES
