Moderate Earthquakes
Jolt Chile, Peru
A moderate earthquake
measuring 5.3 on the
Richter scale hit
southern Peru Wednesday
afternoon, while two
tremors jolted Chile a
few hours earlier,
according to the two
countries' seismological
services.
The 5.3-magnitude quake
took place at 04:28 p.m.
local time (2128 GMT)
with its epicenter 16 km
south of Ayacucho, the
capitalof Ayacucho
province in Peru, at a
depth of 100 km.
Hours earlier, two
quakes measuring 5.5 and
5.4 magnitude hit the
northern and southern
parts of Chile
respectively.
No casualties or damage
as a result of the
earthquakes were
reported in either of
the two countries.
Peru and Chile sit on
the seismically active
Pacific Rim and
earthquakes are
frequent.
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