Earthquake In Peru Leaves 1 Dead And Several Injured

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An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 8.0 shook the north of Peru Sunday morning. We’ve gathered some pictures from Twitter that show some of the material damages that occurred.

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“The epicenter was located at a depth of about 115 kilometers and was felt in other countries of South America, as in Ecuador and even in Venezuela”, CNN reported today, according to data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

So far, according to a report of the National Emergency Operations Center of Peru (COEN), there is one deceased person in the Cajamarca region, 51 affected families and 11 people injured.

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