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Two quakes shake southern Peru,
no casualties
Two moderate earthquakes shook
southern Peru on Friday, causing
landslides and disrupting cell
phone access, but no victims
were reported.
The first quake, measuring 4.7
degrees on the Richter scale,
took place at 9.09 a.m. local
time (1409 GMT) and the second,
measuring 4.3 degrees on the
Richter scale, followed 38
minutes afterwards, said the
Peruvian Geophysical Institute.
The epicenters of both quakes
were near Mollendo, a coastal
region in Arequipa department.
Local authorities have sent
machines to clear roads.
Residents of Arequipa and
neighboring Tacna department,
which borders Chile, felt the
quakes.
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