ICA, Peru - Last week deadly blaze wept through Peru Rehab centre killing 26 people. And this morning at 00:11 am (4.11:11pm AEDT) a strong earthquake measuring 6.3 shook an area near the Pacific coast of central Peru today, US government researchers said. The epicentre of the tremor was 23km southeast of the town of Ica, the US Geological Survey said.
The depth of the epicentre was 39km. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The reading was based on the open-ended Moment Magnitude scale used by US seismologists, which measures the area of the fault that ruptured and the total energy released.
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