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    Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Peru

    Associated Press – Mon, Jan 30, 2012

    LIMA, Peru (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has struck on the coast of central Peru.

    The quake was recorded at 11 minutes after midnight (local and EST; 0511 GMT), nine miles (15 kilometers) from the city of Ica, which was badly damaged by a major 8.0 earthquake in August 2007 and also suffered damage in a quake last October.

    Monday's quake was at a depth of 24.4 miles (39.2 kilometers). USGS maps showed the epicenter exactly on the Pacific Ocean coastline.

    There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. No tsunami warning was issued.

     

    14 comments

    • jakepi
      jakepi  •  Moscow, Russia  •  26 days ago
      PR, Haiti, and the DR are next to receive another geologic event, and it will be a big one again.
    • Meg
      Meg  •  Fort Myers, Florida  •  26 days ago
      No more moutain to climb fields to run forest to listen the music. Raorrrrrrrrrr
    • Meg
      Meg  •  Fort Myers, Florida  •  26 days ago
      NO IT'S TOO HEAVY... TOO MANY USELESS CREATURE.
    • Meg
      Meg  •  Fort Myers, Florida  •  26 days ago
      DO NOT LET YOUR IMMOTION FALL YOU.
    • christa t
      christa t  •  Dallas, Texas  •  27 days ago
      Stop fracturing the planet now! Then again it is 2012..
    • Jon
      Jon  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  26 days ago
      Peru sits on a SUBDUCTION ZONE, zone. Thats like being an alcoholic and living above a Bar. If they don't like it there, they should grow their Coca Leaves somewhere else.
    • andy t
      andy t  •  26 days ago
      just don't bring anymore Peruvians or anyothers to the US...every time anything happens people take advantage and get bogus visas to America.
    • wow
      wow  •  San Francisco, California  •  26 days ago
      did skrillex die?
    • hen
      hen  •  Cleveland, Georgia  •  26 days ago
      Last days you will see earthquakes in different places
    • jiller k
      jiller k  •  26 days ago
      just 15minutes ago, there was an earthquake in Eastern Philippines, maybe around 6 magnitude. Its the END of the world.
    • DominicR
      DominicR  •  Charlotte, North Carolina  •  26 days ago
      Just to put things in perspective, I did a little search on the USGS website of how many earthquakes with a magnitude between 5.0 and 8.0 occurred from January 1st through 30th over the past decade.
      2012 153 earthquakes
      2011 192 earthquakes
      2010 197 earthquakes
      2009 197 earthquakes
      2008 118 earthquakes
      2007 196 earthquakes
      2006 83 earthquakes
      2005 322 earthquakes
      2004 140 earthquakes
      2003 100 earthquakes
      2002 124 earthquakes

      This is nothing out of the ordinary and it is not the end of the world. For some reason there is more media coverage this year possibly due to the 2012 End of the World scare.
    • Me
      Me  •  27 days ago
      Seems like we had a lull in activity for a while and now it's picking up again. I wonder why???
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  •  27 days ago
      Genesis 6:5-7
    • Amom
      Amom  •  Austin, Texas  •  26 days ago
      American CITIZENS Focus: Are you better off than 3 yrs ago? Vote obama And democrat crew Out 2012!!!
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