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Peru quake upgraded to 7.0-magnitude: US experts

WASHINGTON : The earthquake that struck a remote area of eastern Peru near the Brazilian border on Wednesday has been
Published August 24, 2011 Updated August 24, 2011 07:37pm

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and the US government's Pacific warning center said no destructive tsunami was created after the quake, which was deep at 90 miles (145 kilometers) underground.

 

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