Five magnitude earthquake shakes Peru
10:57, 27 May 2009
LIMA. May 27. KAZINFORM An earthquake of 5 magnitude on the Richter scale shook on Tuesday early morning Lima and other localities in the south of Peru without report of victims and damages; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The epicenter was in the sea at 50 kilometers of depth, and 72 kilometers southwest to the coast of Ica department, the Geophysics Institute said in a communique.
The earthquake was felt in Lima and the localities of Chincha, Pisco, Ica and Palpa; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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