7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Peru

<p><em>7&period;5 Magnitude earthquake<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that a magnitude 7&period;5 earthquake struck Peru early Sunday morning&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is according to the United States Geological Study &lpar;USGS&rpar; and Peru&&num;8217&semi;s National Seismology Center&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Peru is a country in South America that&&num;8217&semi;s home to a section of Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu&comma; an ancient Incan city high in the Andes mountains&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The region around Machu Picchu&comma; including the Sacred Valley&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">Inca Trail<&sol;a> and colonial city of Cusco&comma; is rich in archaeological sites&period; On Peru’s arid Pacific coast is Lima&comma; the capital&comma; with a preserved colonial center and important collections of pre-Columbian art&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the information&comma; the earthquake&&num;8217&semi;s epicenter was reported in the Amazonas region but was also felt in the capital of Lima and other neighboring towns&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It had a recorded depth of 112 km&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;No major damage or tsunami alerts have been reported yet&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Earlier&comma; a magnitude 5&period;2 earthquake hit the country with the epicenter in El Callao&comma; Lima&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;