A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook northern Peru on Monday, injuring at least two people and damaging at least one home, authorities said.
The quake struck east of the city of Mancora at a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles), the Peruvian Geophysical Institute said.
“Two people have been reported injured and a home has been damaged” in the northern Tumbes region, the National Civil Defense Institute said on Twitter.
Peru sits on the so-called Ring of Fire, an earthquake-prone zone spanning the Pacific.
Its last major quake was in 2007, when a 7.9-magnitude quake killed 595 people.
Ecuador’s southernmost province also felt Monday’s 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurring in neighboring Peru.
Shaking images from surveillance cameras from Ecuador’s El Oro province show residents vacating buildings in the early morning when the quake occurred some 80 kilometers away from Huaquillas of the province.
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno soon confirmed the earthquake to the public but said there were no immediate reports on casualties or damages in the province.
Moreno appealed to the public to stay calm and assured that more information would arrive from the province.
(Agence France Presse, Reuters)
