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7.1-magnitude quake hits Peru-Brazil border, says USGS

/ 07:00 PM August 24, 2018

WASHINGTON – A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck along Peru’s border with Brazil on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The quake, according to the USGS, hit at a depth of 609 kilometers (380 miles), on Peru’s eastern frontier with Brazil.

USGS said the earthquake hit shortly after 0900 GMT, about 140 kilometers west of the Peruvian town of Iberia.  /kga

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