Another strong tremor hits Central Peru

Agencies
Posted online: Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 1122 hours IST


Washington, August 18: Another strong tremor measuring 5.9 was registered near the coast of central Peru on Saturday, the US government reported.

The epicentre of the quake that occurred at 0822 IST was located offshore, 36 kilometres south of the town of Chincha Alta, the US Geological Survey reported.

No reports of casualties or damage were immediately available.

The reading was based on the open-ended Moment Magnitude scale, now used by US seismologists, which measures the area of the fault that ruptured and the total energy released.

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