a powerful magnitude 71 earthquake has struck the coast of southern Peru leaving two people dead several dozen injured and 17 people are missing homes and roads have collapsed and several municipalities are left without electricity one 55 year old man died in the town of Janka after being crushed by a rock yeah I'm in La Soria governor of mariequita said on Twitter many roads are destroyed so aid workers and supplies will be flown in the quake hit offshore at 4:18 a
m local time at a depth of around 20 24 miles or 36 kilometers the epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean 25 miles 40 kilometers from the town of a kurai pedro pablo Kachinsky the president of Peru is enroute to the affected region to verify the magnitude of the damage and send needed humanitarian aid the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially warned hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts and larger than normal waves could hit Peru and Chile the quake was also felt in northern Chile Peru's southern neighbor Chile's national emergency offices said there were no reports of injuries damage to infrastructure or interruption of basic services earthquakes are common in Peru but many homes are built with precarious materials unable to withstand them in 2007 an earthquake killed hundreds in the region of EECOM
Peru Earthquake Video 2018
