JAKARTA - There were no reports of casualties due to an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale near the coast in the Arequipa region, southern Peru. But there were eight people injured.
Head of National Disaster and Defense Risk Management David Aponte, said three people suffered minor injuries. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health reported five other people being treated at a nearby hospital.
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Reported by Reuters, Friday, June 28, after the earthquake, Arequipa was hit by four aftershocks measuring 4 to 4.6 on a richter scale which caused several landslides on local roads.
Meanwhile, Peru Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen said the tsunami warning on Arequipa beach had passed.
Material damage was also reported in several districts and residents fled their homes out of fear.
Flavio Charoharen, the mayor of the Yauca district in the province of Caraveli Arequipa, said several walls of the house collapsed. In addition, there was a power outage and a telephone line cut in the area near the epicenter of the earthquake.
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