Earthquake of 7.2 magnitude shakes southern Peru, no damage or casualty reported
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook a remote region of southern Peru on Thursday.
New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Tirapata region of southern Peru on Thursday (May 26, 2022), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The quake was at a depth of 212 km (132 miles), USGS said.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said there was no tsunami warning in place. There were no early reports of damage or casualties.
Earlier, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) pegged the quake at magnitude 7.
"The information we have so far is that there is no damage," Hernando Tavera, executive president of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), told local radio station RPP. "From the level of intensity on the surface, there should be no damage."
