LIMA: An earthquake with a magnitude as high as 8.0 stuck northern Peru in the early hours of Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey reported. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica}The quake, at an "intermediate depth" of around 110 kilometres, was felt around the country and even hundreds of miles away in the capital city of Lima, local authorities reported. Peru sits on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" where the majority of the world’s seismic activity occurs. The earthquake was around 75km SSE of Lagunas and 180 km east of the town of Moyobamba the USGS said. There were local reports of electric power cuts in the cities of Iquitos and Tarapoto, Amazonian towns in the Loreto region of the country.

Source: Bangkok Post May 26, 2019 09:33 UTC