A moderate earthquake hit Peru's capital on Tuesday. The Peru earthquake reportedly resulted in no injuries or damage, but shook buildings in Peru's capital city, Lima. The Peru earthquake has resulted in a tsunami warning for Lima and Callao, according to the director of the Geophysical Institute, Hernán Tavera, as it is the second one in a span of a few days. He also added that the Peru earthquake resulted in the inactivation of telephone service for a few minutes after the quake.
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The magnitude of the first Peru earthquake, on June 17, was recorded by Peru's geological survey to be 5.6 in magnitude. That said, the Peru earthquake was measured by the USGS to be a 4.6 magnitude earthquake centered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The exact center of the Peru earthquake was estimated to be 35 kilometers west of Lima.
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The Peru earthquake may be the first of many to come, as Peru's Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (Ingemmet) has found that 92 areas in the city of Lima are "at risk" of disaster during an earthquake. As such, these areas have been advised by Ingemmet president Susana Vilca to consider natural disaster planning due to the presence of "geologic and geohydrologic danger." Cities that could be susceptible to earthquakes include: Punta Hermosa, Lurín, Villa El Salvador, Pachacamác, Villa María del Triunfo, San Juan de Miraflores, Ate Vitarte, Lurigrancho-Chosica, Downtown Lima, Rímac, Ventanilla- Callao, Independencia, Comas, Carabayllo, and Ancón.
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Watch a video of the Peru earthquake taken by an individual in Peru here:
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