Thursday, August 25, 2011

7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Shake Peru

LIMA – An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale shook the remote Amazon region of Peru on Wednesday, which makes office buildings in the capital much sway, but there are no reports of damage or casualties.
Quake’s epicenter was located near the city of Pucallpa, located about 600 kilometers from Lima in a middle-eastern region is sparsely populated near the Brazilian border, said U.S. National Earthquake (USGS).
Phone lines were cut off in that area, but local media said

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