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6.1 magnitude earthquake in Peru: 40 injured

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The provisional toll of the earthquake of magnitude 6.1 Richter recorded yesterday in Peru at 12.10 (19.10 Italian), 12 kilometers west of Sullana, in the Piura region. This was announced by the Geophysical Institute of Peru (Igp).

Hernando Tavera, president of the IGP, told the media that the earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 36 kilometers, “was not such as to generate a tsunami warning in the Pacific Ocean”. For its part, the Regional Emergency Operations Center (Coer) has indicated that the earthquake caused significant damage to residential homes and buildings in the cities in the area, including the Cathedral of Piura, which has lost important parts of the plaster. of its facade.

The earthquake yesterday, finally reported the Igp, was followed by numerous replicas including the last one today of 4.3 degrees Richter. Informed of the emergency, President Pedro Castillo left the stage from where he was watching a military parade in Lima and went by helicopter to Piura to closely follow the action of the rescuers.

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