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Earthquake causes panic in Peru
Jan 26, 2010, 7:36 GMT
Lima - A earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale caused thousands of people to run into the streets in northern Peru Monday evening.
The residents of Huanuco, population 70,000, ran into the streets in panic, but no damage was reported, newspaper El Comercio reported.
The epicentre of the quake was 240 kilometres north-east of Huanuco at a depth of 153.4 kilometres, the US Geological Survey in Washington said.
There have been 12 earthquakes with magnitudes of at least 4.0 since the beginning of the year in Peru and some 100 such quakes are measured yearly in the earthquake-prone South American nation.
The January 12 earthquake that destroyed the Haitian capital Port- au-Prince and killed at least 112,000 people measured 7.0 on the Richter scale.
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