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This Article is From Jun 07, 2012

Powerful 6.0 earthquake strikes southern Peru

Lima: A powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook southern Peru today, US seismologists said.

The US Geological Survey said the temblor had a depth of 99.7 kilometres.

Monitors in Peru, meanwhile, said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which struck at 1603 GMT some 117 kilometres west-northwest of the city of Arequipa.

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