Strong 6.8-magnitude quake shakes central Peru

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Strong 6.8-magnitude quake shakes central Peru

By Caroline Stauffer | Reuters – 16 mins ago.

LIMA (Reuters) - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook buildings in Peru's capital

city, Lima, on Wednesday, witnesses and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The USGS said the epicenter of the quake was 51 miles north of Pucallpa, in the

Peruvian Amazon forest close to the Brazilian border.

The USGS said the quake, initially upgraded to a magnitude 6.9, was 90.2 miles

deep.

(Reporting by Caroline Stauffer; Writing by Helen Popper, Editing by

Maler)

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