“There is no longer a tsunami threat from this earthquake,” the PTWC said. Peru, and most of the South American Pacific Coast, are on border of two tectonic plates: the South American ...

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Peru during the early hours of Friday, prompting authorities to briefly issue a tsunami warning. At least three quakes hit near the coast of ...

A powerful earthquake struck off Peru's coast early on Sunday, prompting a tsunami alert for parts of the country and neighboring Chile that was eventually called off. The US Geological Survey ...

The seismological center of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP ... The U.S. warning system said there was no tsunami warning after the earthquake. (Reporting by Marco Aquino in Lima and ...

The most lethal earthquake in recent years took place in 2007 when a 7.9 magnitude quake (with its epicenter on the central coast in Pisco) left 595 dead and a small tsunami entailed. Peru's ...

A new study highlights the tsunami threat facing Southland, where a nearby earthquake zone is thought capable of unleashing ...

Like Japan, Peru is located in the circum-Pacific seismic zone and subject to frequent earthquakes and tsunamis. The 2007 earthquake and tsunami caused major damage. Efforts are underway to study and ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocked southern Peru on Sunday, according to the Geophysics ... No casualties or damage were reported. No tsunami warning was issued.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck central Peru on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Peru's National Weather Service had not issued a tsunami warning and no reports on damages or casualties was made available in the hours following the episode. A 7.5 degree earthquake had hit ...

Peru and Japan share the need for action to mitigate further earthquake and tsunami disasters. Principal investigator (Japan):Professor YAMAZAKI Fumio Department of Urban Environment Systems, Graduate ...

(MENAFN) Central Peru was shaken by a 5.7-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences confirmed. The earthquake hit at precisely 19:39:36 GMT, impacting a ...